Fife Place-name Data :: Wester Kilwhiss

Wester Kilwhiss

Wester Kilwhiss AMY S NO258103 1 362 40m

    Kilquhyis Wester c.1560 s Assumption, 33
    Kilquhiss W’e 1608 Retours (Fife) no. 193 [Master Walter Mawer heir of Walter Mawer of Mawerstoun in toun and lands of Wester Kilwhiss, of which the lands ‘commonly called the Shuilbraids of Kilwhiss’ (vulgo vocatae lie Schulbraidis de Kilquhiss) are parts)]
    W. Kylusk 1654 Blaeu (Gordon) Fife
    W’er Kilwhish 1669 Retours (Fife) no. 1067 [ ... its pendicle and part commonly called the Shuilbraids of Kilwhiss (lie Showbraids de Kilquhish)]
    W Kilwhisk 1775 Ainslie/Fife
    Wester Kilwhiss 1788 Sasines no. 1971 [‘excepting Shoulbreds’ in AMY]
    W<este>r Kilwhiss 1828 SGF
    Wester Kilwhiss 1856 OS 6 inch 1st edn

Sc wester + en Kilwhiss

Wester Kilwhiss is in AMY, while Easter Kilwhiss is in CLS. The name is fully analysed under Kilwhiss CLS.

This place-name appeared in printed volume 4