Auchtertool
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 Main Street, Auchtertool | |
  Auchtertool Location within Fife | |
| Population | 635 [1] |
| OS grid reference | NT207902 |
| Council area | |
| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Kirkcaldy |
| Postcode district | KY2 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Auchtertool (/ɒxtərˈtʊl/ ; Scottish Gaelic: Uachdar Tuil) is a small village in Fife, Scotland. It is 4 miles west of Kirkcaldy. The name is from the Gaelic uachdar, meaning upland or heights above the Tiel burn (from Gaelic tuil meaning torrent).[2][3] The Tiel Burn flows a few hundred yards south of the kirk and village, which was formerly known as Milton of Auchtertool.[2][3] The parish belonged to the diocese of Dunkeld, having been given to Bishop Gregory by King David I in the twelfth century. Soon after, the church was given to the priory of Inchcolm.
- ^ "statistics.gov.scot | Auchtertool". statistics.gov.scot.
- ^ a b Taylor, Simon (2007).The Place Names of Fife, Shaun Tyas, Donington, Lincs.
- ^ a b "Fife Place-name Data :: Auchtertool". fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk.