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In 1882-4, Frances Groome's Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland described Rathillet like this:
Rathillet, a small village, with a U.P. church, in Kilmany parish, Fife, 4½ miles N by W of Cupar. The estate of Rathillet belonged for ages, till about 1772, to the family of Halkerstone or Hackston, of whom David Hackston was one of the murderers of Archbishop Sharp on Magus Muir.—Ord. Sur., sh. 48, 1868.
Rathillet is now part of FIFE Council. Click here for graphs and data of how FIFE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Rathillet itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rathillet in Fife | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/31075
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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