Fife Place-name Data

Pettycur

Pettycur KGH CoO 265863 1 395 10m

lie Prettycur 1541 RMS iii no. 2437 [the king’s harbour (portum) called the Pettycur]
at the Pretticur 1609 Kinghorn Kirk Session, 15
portum et stationem vocatam Pretticur 1611 RMS vii no. 596 [the harbour and quay called Pettycur]
Prettycurr 1642 Gordon MS Fife
Pretticur 1654 Blaeu (Pont) West Fife
Pretticurr harbry 1654 Blaeu (Gordon) Fife
Pettycurr 1775 Ainslie/Fife
Pettycurr Harbour 1775 Ainslie/Fife
Pettycur 1828 SGF

It has been suggested that this name contains the G pett . However, the early forms show this

/ˈpɛtɪkʌr/

This place-name appeared in printed volume 1

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