Sodom Park
Sodom Park # CLT S NO350086 1 150m
Sodom 1775 Ainslie/Fife
Sodom 1827 Ainslie/East Fife
Sodom Parks 1828 SGF
Sodom Park 1886 RHP3313 [‘Braeside or Sodom Park, and Brotus’]
Sodom Park 1856 OS 6 inch 1st edn
Sodom Park 1895 OS 1 inch 2nd edn
en Sodom + Sc or SSE park
One of several place-names in Fife of Old Testament origin, it is shown on OS Pathf. as Braeside of Cults, q.v. The biblical name was probably coined because of its proximity to the extensive limestone-quarries and kilns of Cults Hill, which would have frequently emitted flames and smoke, evoking the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah by fire and brimstone (Genesis 19:24).
This place-name appeared in printed volume 2