Hilton Of Beath
Hilton Of Beath BEA S NT153943 1 384 120m NOF
Hiltoun 1543 RMS iii no. 2915 [a division of Buthadlach (Bathilokis)]
the Hiltoun 1574 Inchcolm Chrs. p. 222 [‘with the coilhuich’]
the Hiltoun 1574 Inchcolm Chrs. p. 218 [‘of the coilheuch’]
the Hiltoun 1574 Inchcolm Chrs. p. 220
Hiltoun 1603 RMS vii no. 465 col. 3 [... Scheillis, Hiltoun, Eistertoun et Nathertoun, Muretoun ...]
Wilto 1654 Blaeu (Pont) West Fife [apparently an error for *Hilto<n>; Pont probably used a suspension mark over the o to represent –on, which was missed by the engraver]
Over Hiltounes 1668 RMS xi no. 1165 [Nethertoune of Baith called the lands of Over and Nether Hiltounes]
Nether Hiltounes 1668 RMS xi no. 1165 [Nethertoune of Baith called the lands of Over and Nether Hiltounes]
Hilltown 1753 Roy sheet 17, 5
The Hilltow<n> Farm 1759 RHP14330
Hilltown 1775 Ainslie/Fife
Hilltown 1872 Sasines no. 1544
Sc hill + Sc toun + en Beath
This was a division of the large, originally pastoral, estate of Buthadlach #, for which see above. By 1668 the affix ‘of Buthadlach’ had been replaced the parish- or barony-name ‘of Beath’.
This place-name appeared in printed volume 1