Abercrombie
| Abercrombie Scots: Obar Chrombaidh | |
| Fife | |
|---|---|
 By Abercrombie | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NO517027 |
| Location: | 56°13’2"N, 2°46’38"W |
| Data | |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Fife |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North East Fife |
Abercrombie is a village in Fife, standing a mile north of the village of St Monans, and eight and a half miles south of the town of St Andrews. Abercrombie was the former name of the parish of St Monans, though both Abercrombie and St Monans had churches.
Recorded in 1157-60 as Abercrumbin, the name of the village means 'mouth of the river Crombie'. The first element is the Pictish word aber 'river mouth'. Crombie is a stream-name derived from the Gaelic word crombadh 'bending, winding'. This Gaelic stream-name may have replaced an earlier Pictish name.[1][2] The stream entering the sea today is known as the Inverie Burn, also known as St Monan's Burn,[3] which discharges at St. Monan's.
History
The hamlet is centred on Abercrombie Farmstead, dating from 1892, which was built on the site of an earlier 13th century building.[4]
The land around Abercrombie was formerly owned by the Sandilands family and Sir James Sandilands was raised to the Peerage of Scotland as Lord Abercrombie in 1647. Lord Abercrombie wasted his estates following the death of his father and had to sell his properties in Fife in 1649. The title became extinct on the death of the second Lord Abercrombie in 1681.[5]
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References
- ↑ Grant, Alison (2010). Macleod, Iseabail. ed. The Pocket Guide to Scottish Place-Names. Glasgow: Richard Drew Ltd. pp. 23. ISBN 978-1-899471-00-3. OCLC 759569647. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/759569647.
- ↑ "Pictish place-names as Scottish surnames: origins, dissemination and current status' (Nicolaisen, W.F.H.). Nomina. vol. 15. (1991-92), p 14
- ↑ {{Cite book|title=North British Railway. West Highland Railway. Miller's Official Tourist Guide (1904)
- ↑ Munro, David M. (2006). Scotland : an encyclopedia of places & landscapes. Gittings, B. M. (Bruce M.), Royal Scottish Geographical Society.. Glasgow: Collins. ISBN 9780004724669. OCLC 225152110.
- ↑ "Abercrombie or Abercromby". https://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/abercromby.htm.
