In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Cameron like this:
Cameron, a parish in the E of Fife. It contains the hamlets of Denhead, Lathones, and Radernie, 3,6, and 6 miles SW of St Andrews, under which the first has a post office; and its church stands 4 SW of St Andrews station. Bounded N and NE by St Andrews parish, E by Dunino, SE by Carnbee, SW by Kilconquhar, and W by Ceres, it has an extreme length from E to W of 5¼ miles, an extreme breadth from N to S of 35/8 miles, and an area of 9324½ acres. ...
The undulating surface nowhere much exceeds 600, or sinks below 300, feet above sea-level, but presents a series of gentle elevations, nearly parallel to one another, and extending from W to E. It is drained by burns, rising mostly on or near its western border, two of which trace the northern and south-eastern boundaries, whilst the longer Cameron Burn runs past the church eastward into Dunino, there to fall into Pitmilly Burn. Drumcarrow Craig, a rugged mass of trap, situated in the NW, is the only hill. Coal is worked; and trap rock, sandstone, and limestone are quarried. The soil in some parts is poor and moorish on till or moorland; in other parts is either clay or black earth on a retentive bottom; in other parts is a dry kindly loam on gravel or on trap rock. About 66 per cent. of the entire area is regularly or occasionally in tillage, some 25 are permanent pasture, and rather more than 6 are under wood; rather less than 3 are waste. Mount Melville in the N, 2½ miles SW of St Andrews, is the only considerable mansion; at it was born the well-known novelist, Major Geo. Jn. WhyteMelville (1821-78). Disjoined from St Andrews parish in 1645, Cameron includes part of the quoad sacra parish of Largoward, and is in the presbytery of St Andrews and synod of Fife. Its own quoad sacra portion had 886 inhabitants in 1871, and the living is worth £427. The church, a very plain structure, was built in 1808, and contains 495 sittings. There is also a U.P. church at Lathones; and three public schools-Cameron, Denhead, and Radernie-with respective accommodation for 69,67, and 71 children, had (1880) an average attendance of 41,38, and 77, and grants of £47,2s. 6d., £29,19s., and £62,13s. Valuation (1881) £11,856, 15s. 10d. Pop. (1801) 1095, (1831) 1207, (1841) 1167, (1861) 1362, (1871) 1158, (1881) 1003.—Ord. Sur., shs. 41,49,1857-65.
Cameron through time
Cameron is now part of Fife district. Click here for graphs and data of how Fife has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Cameron itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Cameron in Fife | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
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Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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