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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ABBOTSHALL (Site of) | Abbots Hall Abbots Hall Abbots Hall |
Mr. Sang Ex Provost H. Beveridge Provost Mr Douglas Factor of Raith |
037 | [situation] 1/2 mile W. [West] of Kirkcaldy. It appears from the historical notices relating to this part of Fifeshire that one of the Abbots of Dunfermline erected a manor or Hall in or about the present gardens of Raith, tradition is in favour of the above and confirmed by the testimony of Mr. Sang the ex Provost of Kirkcaldy an old gentleman who when a youth recollects some remains of the building from which the parish derives its name however there are no living witnesses who can with accuracy point out the exact spot. [Quotation] Topographical Statistical & Historical Gazetter page [obscured] " A fine Yew tree within the gardens of Raith is thought to mark the locality of the Abbots hall which was for some time the property of the Scots of Balweary" New Statistical account of Scotland page [obscured] "A fine Yew tree which grew in [Obscured] and which has already stood the blast of centuries, will probably long serve [to] mark out to the inquirer the spot on which the Mansion of the Abbot was placed... ..Continued on page 49 |
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48 Parish of Abbotshall Plan 37A[Quotation]
" This parish was called Abbotshall, a name obviously derived from the circumstance of one of the Abbots of Dunfermline having built a house here, in which he occasionally resided. The situation of the house, or hall of the Abbot as it was styled, was about 1/4 mile due west from the present church and near to the centre of the Raith gardens." New Stat. Acct. [Statistical Account]
[signed] J. Bayly Capt. RE [Captain, Royal Engineers] 15 Sept 1854
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