Cauldcotts

Cauldcotts * WMS MAI S NO378003 1 5m

lands of Cauldcoittis 1520 Fife Ct. Bk. 193–4 [Andrew Lundy of Balgonie MAI father of James Lundy of Balgonie died seised of the lands of Cauldcoittis]
lands of Caldcottis 1554 Fraser, Wemyss ii no. 208
Cauldcottis 1603 Retours (Fife) no. 129 [Robert Lundy, in the lands of Innerlewen alias Cauldcottis in the barony of Methil (Methill)]
Cold coa[te]es 1642 Gordon MS Fife
Cold cotts 1654 Blaeu (Gordon) Fife
Caldcoattis 1662 Retours (Fife) no. 920 [multures of the lands of Innerlevin alias Caldcoattis]

Sc cauld + Sc cott

‘Cold cotts, cottages, cottars’ houses’. This was another name for that many-named settlement Dubbyside #, Innerleven or Methilburgh #. For more on these lands, see Innerleven WMS, its modern name, which provides the above NGR.

This place-name appeared in printed volume 1