Old Photograph Kilconquhar Scotland

Old photograph of cottages, church and children in Kilconquhar, East Neuk of Fife, Scotland. In the 18th century this Scottish village was noted as a weaving centre. The industry faded in the late 19th century. Kilconquhar is the name of a parish, a village, a loch, and a mansion, and is said to mean " the cell, the burying place, or place of worship, at the head or extremity of the fresh water lake, " which answers very well at present; but will not suit, if the tradition is reliable, according to which the loch was only formed 260 years ago, by a violent wind filling the drain with sand which formerly carried the water to the sea. The tradition is borne out, so far, by the utter absence of any trace of the loch in Blaeu’s map. Some maintain that Conquhar or Connachar was the name of the founder of the cell or church, hence Kilconquhar. Locally, it is known as Kenneuchar. Some of the old forms are: Kilkonkath, Kilconkath, Kilcankath, Kylconchat, Kilconcar, Kylkonqwhar, and Kynconquhair.



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