South Lethans
South Lethans DFL S NT069941 1 384 255m
Suthelethemmis 1561 Dunf. Reg. p. 427
S Lethaines 1563 RMS iv no. 1476 [or Lethames?]
S Lathum 1642 Gordon MS
South Lethas 1654 Blaeu (Pont) West Fife
S. Lethum 1654 Blaeu (Gordon) Fife
South Lettous 1753 Roy sheet 17, 5
South Lethens 1828 SGF [which OS Pathf. calls West Lethans]
South Lethans 1855 OS 6 inch 1st edn. [twice: once where OS Pathf. has West Lethans (NT053942), once where OS Pathf. has South Lethans (NT069941)]
Sc south + en Lethans
OS Pathf. South Lethans, which supplies the NGR etc. above, is a creation of the later nineteenth century. The original South Lethans was OS Pathf.’s West Lethans (NT054943).
This place-name appeared in printed volume 1