Collessie, Fife : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Collessie. You may be able to find further references to Collessie in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Collessie parish and village with railway station Bartholomew
Collessie a post-office village and a parish Groome

This additional information from our descriptive gazetteers is for locations within the parish or parishes associated with Collessie.

Place Type of entry Source
Agabatha an ancient military fort Groome
Agabatha ancient military fort Bartholomew
Bastine a hamlet Groome
Bastine hamlet Bartholomew
Edenstown village Bartholomew
Edenstown a neat modern village Groome
Gifferton or Giffordtown a village Groome
Kinloch an estate, with a mansion and beautiful grounds Groome
Ladybank police burgh with railway station Bartholomew
Rankeillour, Nether seat Bartholomew
Rankeillour, Nether an estate, with a mansion Groome
Rossie House a mansion Groome
Rossie House seat Bartholomew
Rossie, Wester a small village Groome

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

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Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Melville 4 2
Monimail 0 2
Ladybank 0 2
Lindores 2 2
Abdie 0 2
Dunshelt 0 3
Dunbog 0 2
Auchtermuchty 1 2
Kettle 0 2
Pitlessie 0 1
Springfield 0 2
Falkland 5 2
Cults 0 2
Newburgh 0 2
Moonzie 0 2
Balgarvie 0 2
Strathmiglo 1 2
Flisk 0 1
Scotstarvit 0 2
Cupar 9 3

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Collessie. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
COLLESSIE John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
F.H. Groome Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (Edinburgh: T.C. Jack, 1882-4).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

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  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.