Treaton
Treaton KWY S NO326022 1 373 100m
Schir John of Cokburne of the Trettone 1488 Dunf. Burgh Recs. {10} [w.]
Dominus Johannes Cokburne de Tretone 1496 Dunf. Burgh Recs. {303}
Tretoun 1511 RMS ii no. 3642 [Wardlaw of Torry TOB, in the lordship of Dalginch; see KWY Introduction]
Williame Cokburne of Tretone 1516 Fife Ct. Bk. 35
Tretoun 1556 NAS RH2/1/23/3 no. 44 [Jonet Beaton (Betoun), life-rentrix of the lands of Treaton (Tretoun) ... lying in the barony of Dalginch (Dalginche)]
terris de Tratone 1579 Retours (Fife) no. 1454 [‘in the lands of Treaton and Wester Newton in the lordship of Dalginch KWY’ (terris de Tratone et Wester Newtone in dominio de Dalginsche)]
Trottoun 1587 Assumption 15 [St Andrews Priory, teind sheaves]
terris maresii de Tretone 1603 Retours (Fife) no. 129 [see The Mires MAI/KWY under Linear Features, above]
terras de Tritoun 1605 RMS vi no. 1658 [Andrew Wardlaw, ‘with the Mire’ (cum lie Myre)]
terris maresii de Treatton 1627 Retours (Fife) no. 384
Traitowne 1642 Gordon MS Fife
Treetoune 1654 Blaeu (Pont) East Fife
Traitoun 1654 Blaeu (Gordon) Fife
Tretton 1655 Lamont’s Diary 86
Trayton 1753 Roy sheet 18, 1
Tretown 1775 Ainslie/Fife
Treaton 1802 Sasines no. 6206 [‘Treaton and Mosses and Muirs thereof’]
Taeaton 1828 SGF [sic]
Treaton 1856 OS 6 inch 1st edn
Sc tree + Sc toun
‘Farm built of wood’? Sc tree refers not only to the growing plant, but also to the timber which is obtained from it (CSD).
Treaton was closely associated with Newton KWY; e.g. in 1516 William Cockburn (Cokburne) of Tretone is also called ‘of the Newtoune’ (Fife Ct. Bk. 48, 63). It was presumably a division of the lands of Dalginch KWY. OS Pathf. also shows Treaton Strips. It is referred to locally with the definite article (the Treaton).[117]
/ˈtritən/
This place-name appeared in printed volume 2