Wemyss (/wiːmz/ WEEMZ) is a civil parish on the south coast of Fife, Scotland, lying on the Firth of Forth. It is bounded on the north-east by the parish of Scoonie and the south-west by the parish of Kirkcaldy and Dysart and its length from south-west to north-east is about 6 miles. Inland it is bounded by Markinch and its greatest breadth is 2+1⁄4 miles.[1][2]
The name of the parish is from the Scottish Gaelic Uaimheis meaning 'Cave Place', from uaimh, 'cave', and es, an obsolete Gaelic suffix meaning 'place of'.[3] The parish gives its name to the family and Earls of Wemyss.[1]
- ^ a b The New Statistical Account of Scotland by the Ministers of the Respective Parishes, Vol. IX Fife-Kinross. Publ. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1845; article on Wemyss
- ^ Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, by Francis Groome, 2nd edition 1896; article on Wemyss
- ^ "Wemyss". Fife Place-name Data. Retrieved 3 July 2020.