Logie (
Scottish Gaelic
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: ''An Lagan'') is a parish and village in east
Fife
Fife (, ; gd, Fìobha, ; sco, Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries with Perth and Kinross (i ...
, Scotland, 5 miles north-east of
Cupar
Cupar ( ; gd, Cùbar) is a town, former royal burgh and parish in Fife, Scotland. It lies between Dundee and Glenrothes. According to a 2011 population estimate, Cupar had a population around 9,000, making it the ninth-largest settlement in Fif ...
.
[Gazetteer of Scotland, publ, by W & AK Johnston, Edinburgh, 1937. Article on Logie. Places are presented alphabetically]
The parish is bounded on the east by the parish of
Leuchars
Leuchars (pronounced or ; gd, Luachar "rushes") is a small town and parish near the north-east coast of Fife in Scotland.
The civil parish has a population of 5,754 (in 2011) Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Populat ...
, on the south by
Dairsie
Dairsie, or Osnaburgh, is a village and parish in north-east Fife, Scotland. It is south-southwest of Leuchars Junction, and east-northeast of Cupar on the A91 Stirling to St Andrews road. The village grew out of two smaller settlements (calle ...
, on the west and north by
Kilmany
Kilmany (Scottish Gaelic: ''Cille Mheinidh'') is a village and parish in Fife, Scotland. It is located on the A92 between Auchtermuchty and the Tay Road Bridge. In 2001 it had a population of 75.
The current name of the village derives from an o ...
and at its northern tip by a short border with
Forgan. Its length is 4½ miles from north-east to south-west and it is 1–1 ½ miles wide.
[The New Statistical Account of Scotland by the Ministers of the Respective Parishes, Vol. IX Fife-Kinross. Publ. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1845; article on Logie]
It contains the hamlet of
Lucklawhill
Lucklawhill is a hamlet one mile (1.6 km) northwest of the village of Balmullo in Fife, Scotland. Historically, Lucklawhill belonged to the Logie parish.Westwood's Parochial Directory for the Counties of Fife and Kinross'. 1862. pp. 166-1 ...
.
[Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, by Francis Groome, 2nd edition 1896; article on Logie]
The civil parish has a population of 243
[Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site
http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved March 2016. See “Standard Outputs”, Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930] and its area is 3603 acres.
[
Its Community Council is Balmerino, Gauldry, Kilmany and Logie.
The estate of Logie on the south side of the parish belonged to Sir John Wemyss, ancestor of the ]Earls of Wemyss
Earl of Wemyss ( ) is a title in the Peerage of Scotland created in 1633. The Scottish Wemyss family had possessed the lands of Wemyss in Fife since the 12th century. Since 1823 the earldom has been held with the Earldom of March, created in ...
in the reign of Robert III of Scotland
Robert III (c. 13374 April 1406), born John Stewart, was King of Scots from 1390 to his death in 1406. He was also High Steward of Scotland from 1371 to 1390 and held the titles of Earl of Atholl (1367–1390) and Earl of Carrick (1368– ...
and subsequently passed to a junior branch of the family.[
The parish church was built in 1826 and restored in 1882. A previous church was mentioned in 1275, but in 1590 was so dilapidated that it had to be rebuilt. The church was dedicated to St Luag and belonged to ]Balmerino Abbey
Balmerino Abbey, or St Edward's Abbey, in Balmerino, Fife, Scotland, was a Cistercian monastic community which has been ruinous since the 16th century.
History
It was founded from 1227 to 1229 by monks from Melrose Abbey with the patronage ...
prior to the Reformation.[Web site of Historic Environment Scotland (former ), Logie Church http://canmore.org.uk/site/33242 retrieved Mat 2016] In 1972 the congregation of Logie, which sat within the Presbytery of Cupar, was dissolved.[University of St Andrews Library Archive Catalogue, Church of Scotland Kirk Session records Logie](_blank)
(search Logie), retrieved May 2016
The story of the young laird John Wemyss of Logie
John Wemyss younger of Logie, (1569-1596), was a Scottish courtier, spy, and subject of the ballad "The Laird o Logie", beheaded for plotting to blow up a fortification at Veere in the Netherlands
Life
John Wemyss was a brother or son, the famil ...
who was arrested and imprisoned in Dalkeith Palace
Dalkeith Palace is a country house in Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland. It was the seat of the Dukes of Buccleuch from 1642 until 1914, and is owned by the Buccleuch Living Heritage Trust. The present palace was built 1701–1711 on the site of the ...
in August 1592 but escaped with the help of his Danish girlfriend Margaret Vinstarr
Margaret Vinstarr ( fl. 1590–1600), was a Danish or German courtier in Scotland to Anne of Denmark commemorated by the ballad "The Laird o Logie" for rescuing her imprisoned lover.
A gentlewoman at the Scottish court of Anne of Denmark
Margare ...
is told in the ballad, ''The Laird o Logie
The Laird O Logie or The Laird Of Logie is Child ballad number 182.
Synopsis
Young Logie (or Ochiltrie) is imprisoned, to hang. May Margaret comes to court to plead for his life. She is unable to win a pardon but steals some token or a forged p ...
''.[''Calendar State Papers Scotland'', vol. 10 (Edinburgh, 1936), pp. 750-3.] The lands of Logie passed to Andrew Wemyss, Lord Myrecairnie.
References
Parishes in Fife
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