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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
ABERDOUR [parish] Ph [Parish] of Aberdour
Ph [Parish] of Aberdour

Ph [Parish] of Aberdour
Ph [Parish] of Aberdour

Ph [Parish] of Aberdour
Full. [Fullerton's] Gazetteer
New Stat. [Statistical] Acct. [Account]
Johnston's Co. [County] Map
Sheriff's Co. [County] List of Parishes
Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]
035; 036; 040 [Situation] On the Southern Margin of the Co. [County] of Fife
"A parish in the County of Fife,
bounded by the parish Dalgety on
the west, by Auchtertool on the north,
by Kinghorn and Burntisland on
the East, and by the Firth of Forth
on the South. It is about 3 miles
in length from east to West, and
about as much from North to South.
" A small part of the parish is detached
from the rest, by the intervening parish
of Burntisland".
Full. [Fullerton's] Gazetteer.
The greater part of the parish is tolerably well cultivated and enclosed. It abounds with Coal, lime and freestone. Near the coast on the
South Side of the parish stands the town of Aberdour and on a flat on the top of a hill not far from the town there is one of those Cairns or tumuli so frequently met with in Scotland. A Coffin and several earthen vessels containing human bones were found in it.
A small part of the parish is detached in the west by the intervening parish of Burntisland and Kinghorn and [.....]
New Stat Acct [Statistical Account]

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Note: (Cairns) Situation of this Cairn cannot be pointed out, and therefore not on the plan - see reply to remark No. 109th on the plan.
OMO [Ordnance mapping office]

Note: Aberdour, Signifying the mouth of a Water

Note: No portion of any other parish is situated within Aberdour

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