Fife Place-name Data

Hilton

Hilton * CLT S NO352093 2 75m

Hiltoun 1541 RMS iii no. 2256 [part of lands and barony of Pitlessie CLT]
Haltoun 1602 Retours (Fife) no. 112 [to John Lindsay of Byres, ‘in the lands of Hilton CLT and Bunzion CLT’ (in terris de Haltoun et Bunzeoun). Haltoun is presumably a transcription error for Hiltoun. See Bunzion for more details] Hiltoun 1610 Retours (Fife) no. 208 [Robert Lindsay, ‘in terris de Hiltoun et Bungzeoun’]
Hiltoun 1648 RMS ix no. 1939 [lands of Hilton and Dennyhogles (Drumheygills) CLT]
Hiltoun 1664 Retours (Fife) no. 968 [James Arnot, ‘in the lands of Hilton and Dennyhogles CLT’ (in terris de Hiltoun et Drumhaggillis)]

Sc hiltoun

‘Farm on a hill, farm created to exploit upland grazing’. It is probably OS Pathf. Cults Farm, OS 6 inch 1st edn (1855) Cults, SGF (1828) Cult Farm, Ainslie/East Fife Knowe (1827).

This place-name appeared in printed volume 2

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