Carnock

Carnock
Carnock Parish Church
Carnock is located in Fife
Carnock
Carnock
Location within Fife
Population790 (2022)[1]
OS grid referenceNT042890
Council area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
UK Parliament
Scottish Parliament
Websitehttp://carnockgowkhall.wix.com/home#
List of places
UK
Scotland
56°05′02″N 3°32′24″W / 56.084°N 3.540°W / 56.084; -3.540

Carnock (Scottish Gaelic: A' Chàrnaich) is a village and parish of Fife, Scotland, 4+14 miles (7 kilometres) west of Dunfermline.[2] It is 1+14 miles (2 kilometres) east of Oakley, Fife. The name of the village derives from Scottish Gaelic, from ceàrn ("corner"), with a suffix denoting a toponym, thus giving "[the] corner place".[3] Carnock is known to have had military significance in antiquity. The civil parish had a population of 5,927 as of 2011.[4]

  1. ^ "Mid-2020 Population Estimates for Settlements and Localities in Scotland". National Records of Scotland. 31 March 2022. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  2. ^ Samuel Lewis (1851). A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland: Comprising the Several Counties, Islands, Cities, Burgh and Market Towns, Parishes, and Principal Villages, with Historical and Statistical Descriptions: Embellished with Engravings of the Seals and Arms of the Different Burghs and Universities. S. Lewis and Company. pp. 194–.
  3. ^ "Carnock". Fife Place-name Data. Retrieved 22 May 2020.
  4. ^ Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved March 2016. See “Standard Outputs”, Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930