Whinnyhall
Whinnyhall # BEA DFL S NT122923 1 140m
Whiny Hall 1753 Roy sheet 17, 5
Whinnyhall 1775 Ainslie/Fife
Whinnyhall 1828 SGF
Whinnyhall 1856 OS 6 inch 1st edn.
Sc whinny + Sc hall
‘Hall around which whin (gorse) grows’. Sc hall may be ironic here.
WINDYEDGE BEA, DFL S NT136929 1 384 140m SEF
WynderigZ 1328 Dunf. Reg. no, 370 [one of the lands thirled to Lassodie Mill]
Wyndeage 1561 Dunf. Reg. p. 437
Wyndiage 1594 RMS vi no. 75
Windieage 1671 Retours (Fife) no. 1092 [John Kellock heir of his father William Kellock portionar of Windyedge (portionarii de Windieage) in a third part of the mill of Lassodie with astrict multures of various lands, including the lands of Windyedge (terrarum de Windieage)]
Sc windy + Sc edge
‘Windy edge’. This is almost certainly WynderigZ 1328 Dunf. Reg. no. 370, one of the lands thirled to Lassodie Mill.
This place-name appeared in printed volume 1