Auchterderran

Human settlement in Scotland
Auchterderran is located in Fife
Auchterderran
Auchterderran
Location within Fife
OS grid referenceNT2195Council area
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  • Glenrothes
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  • Cowdenbeath
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Scotland
56°08′N 3°16′W / 56.14°N 03.27°W / 56.14; -03.27

Auchterderran (listenⓘ) is a village in Fife, Scotland.[1][2] It is sometimes thought as part of the larger village, Cardenden, although Cardenden is part of the parish of Auchterderran.

The name derives from Scottish Gaelic, although the first element, urchan, is obsolete in modern Gaelic and obscure. The second element, deòradh, means "a person charged with the safe-keeping of a saintly relic".[3]

Church

A church existed here since Pre-Reformation times. The current church dates from 1789 and was extended in 1891.[4]

Notable residents

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 58 Perth & Alloa (Auchterarder) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2014. ISBN 9780319229972.
  2. ^ "Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer" (csv (download)). www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. Ordnance Survey. 1 January 2016. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Auchterderran". Fife Place-name Data.
  4. ^ Gifford, John (1988). Fife. London: Penguin. p. 75. ISBN 978-0-300-09673-6.
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