Fife Place-name Data

Templeland

Templeland BGY S NT180958 1 90m

Tempilland 1536 x 1546 RMS iv no. 3 [one of the lands of Inchgall]
Tempilland 1547 RMS iv no. 47 [in the barony of Inchgall]
Templin 1753 Roy sheet 17, 5
Templelands 1775 Ainslie/Fife
Templeland 1828 SGF
Templeland 1856 OS 6 inch 1st edn.

Sc temple + Sc land

‘Land belonging to the Knights Templar’. This is the ‘temple of Inchegow’ (i.e. Inchgall) in 1540, paying a rent of 2s. (Knights of St John 26). It is near OS Pathf. Lochcraig, between Crosshill and Glencraig. The above NGR is supplied by OS 6 inch 1st edn.

This place-name appeared in printed volume 1

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