Auchtermuchty, Fife

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Auchtermuchty is a town in Fife

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Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Auchtermuchty within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Auchtermuchty in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Auchtermuchty, par., royal burgh, and market town, NW. Fifeshire, 4¼ miles NW. of Ladybank junction by rail -- par., 3530 ac., pop. 2322; town, pop. 1673; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Monday. It has spinning-mills, bleaching works, &c., and was the birthplace of John Glass (1695-1773), the founder of the religious sect called the Glassites.

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