Auchterderran () is a village in Fife, Scotland.[1][2] It is sometimes thought as part of the larger village, Cardenden, although Cardenden is part of the parish of Auchterderran.
Auchterderran
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 Mining Memorial, Auchterderran | |
  Auchterderran Location within Fife | |
| OS grid reference | NT2195 |
| Council area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | LOCHGELLY |
| Dialling code | 01592 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| UK Parliament | |
| Scottish Parliament | |
The name derives from Scottish Gaelic, although the first element, urchan, is obsolete in modern Gaelic and obscure. The second element, deòradh, means "a person charged with the safe-keeping of a saintly relic".[3]
Church
editA church existed here since Pre-Reformation times. The current church dates from 1789 and was extended in 1891.[4]
Notable residents
edit- Dr Thomas Goodall Nasmyth FRSE MOH born here in 1855.
References
edit- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 58 Perth & Alloa (Auchterarder) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319229972.
- ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
- ^ "Auchterderran". Fife Place-name Data.
- ^ Gifford, John (1988). Fife. London: Penguin. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-300-09673-6.
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