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The following appear as names for Glenrothes. Follow the links for what the author actually said:
Name | Author | Source |
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ROTHES | John Bartholomew | Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). |
NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:
These names were used for units associated with Glenrothes. Click on the links for details of the units and their names:
Name | Unit Type | Source |
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GLENROTHES | Constituency (CCon) | Boundary Commission for Scotland Information Paper. Westminster Parliament constituencies 2005 onwards |
New Town | ||
Scottish Burgh/District (DoC) | 1971 Census of Scotland, Table 25, 'Enumerated households by tenure and household amenities', for 'County, local authority areas'. | |
S761683 | Scottish Burgh/District (DoC) |
NB: These are all the names of all the administrative units which we have associated with Glenrothes, and you must judge whether all or even any of them are variant names for the place. They may well include the names of other locations or areas:
Every name listed here is linked to the particular historical source in which it appears, but we cannot claim that these are all the historical names of Glenrothes, or that our references are to the first usage of the names. Similarly, we have tried to ensure that names included here are not transcription errors by ourselves, but it is possible they are the result of errors made when the historical sources were printed, or the result of visiting authors or census officials mis-hearing local names.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Glenrothes in Fife | Place names, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20289/names
Date accessed: 20th October 2024