Fife Place-name Data

Orkie

Orkie KTT S NO291072 1 373 45m

Elys de Orky 1296 Inst. Pub. 145 [‘Elias of Orkie’ does homage to Edward I along with others from the county of Fife]
Orky 1495 RMS ii no. 2243 [lands of Orkie with their mill; see Lathrisk KTT]
Orkye 1551 RMS iv no. 597 [lands of Orkie with their mill; see Lathrisk KTT]
Orky c.1560 s Purves 155 [?1]
Orky with mill 1587 Assumption 14 [teind sheaves of St Andrews Priory]
Orkie 1616 RMS vii no. 1392 [lands of Orkie with their mill, mill-lands etc.]
terr<ae> de Orkie 1616 RMS vii no. 1392 [the marsh called *Pitcoutie Mire (Pitcoutie-myre) KTT which was part of the lands of Orkie]
Orky 1654 Blaeu (Pont) East Fife
Orky 1654 Blaeu (Gordon) Fife
Orke 1684 Adair/East Fife
Orky 1753 Roy sheet 18, 1
Orkie 1775 Ainslie/Fife
Orkie 1828 SGF
Orkie 1856 OS 6 inch 1st edn

G orc + G –in

‘Place of the young pig(s)’. For a discussion of the element orc, see Denork CMN (PNF 3) and Elements Glossary s.v. (PNF 5).

    OS Pathf. also shows Glenorkie, a late coining, at a site which is marked on OS 6 inch 1st edn (1856) as Manse.

    /ˈɔrkɪ/

This place-name appeared in printed volume 2

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