Fife Place-name Data

Over Carnbee

Over Carnbee CBE S NO531077 1 374 125m SEF

Over-Carnbie 1517 Fife Ct. Bk. 397 [17th c. copy; Taxt roll of Fife, £3]
Overcarnebie 1620 Retours (Fife) no. 301 [see Carnbee]
Over Carnbie 1631 RMS viii no. 1804 [see Carnbee]
O. Carnbie 1654 Blaeu (Gordon) Fife
(William Philp of) Overcarnebie 1682 Retours (Fife) no. 1207 [see Carnbee]
David Philpe of Overcarnbie 1691 Retours (Fife) no. 1321
Upper Carnbee 1775 Ainslie/Fife
Over-Carnbee 1790s OSA, 110 [coal being worked there]

Sc over + en Carnbee

See Carnbee. The site of Over Carnbee on OS Pathf. seems to be at or near that of Ainslie/Fife (1775) Black Law. Note that Over Carnbee is distinct from Upper Carnbee as shown on Ainslie/Fife (1775) and on SGF (1828), on both of which maps it corresponds to OS Pathf. Lochty.

This place-name appeared in printed volume 3

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