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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
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| DYSART [parish] | Parish of Dysart Parish of Dysart Parish of Dysart Parish of Dysart Parish of Dysart Parish of Dysart |
New Statl. [Statistical] Account. Sibbald's Hist. [History] Gazetteer of Scotalnd Johnston's Co. [County] Map Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] the Sheriff's List of Parishes. |
024; 031; 032; 037 | [situation] On the N. [North] side of the Firth of Forth in the Co. [County] of Fife. Gazetteer page 418. "The name is of Celtic origin signifying the Height of God. The form of this Ph. [Parish] is that of an irregular parallelogram, nearly 4 Miles in length from North to South, & varying from 1 1/4 to 2 1/4 miles in breadth from East to West. It is bounded on the South by the Frith, [Firth of Forth] on the East by the Phs. [Parishes] of Wemyss & Markinch, on the North by Kinglassie, & on the West by Kinglassie, Auchterderran & Kirkcaldy. The Ph. [Parish] is in the presbytery of Kirkcaldy & Synod of Fife. |
| DYSART [burgh] | Town of Dysart Town of Dysart Town Of Dysart Town of Dysart Town of Dysart |
New Statl. [Statistical] Account Sibbald's History Gazeteer of Scotland Old Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account] Johnston's Co. [County] Map |
037 | [situation] About 3/4 mile N.E. [Northeast] of Pathhead. The town of Dysart is a Royal Burgh & joins with Kirkcaldy Kinghorn & Burntisland in sending a member to Parliament: a few years ago the Burgh was disenfranchised in consequence of some informality..... [continued] |
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3 Ph. [Parish] of Dysart 37A Trace 4Transcribers who have contributed to this page.
MaxInSpain , Jane Dorman
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