Strathmiglo ( gd, Srath Mioglach) (

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) is a village and parish in Fife, Scotland on the River Eden. It lies on the old A91 road from Milnathort to

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and St. Andrews but was bypassed by a new road to the north in the 1970s. Nearby settlements include Auchtermuchty and Falkland.

History

Strathmiglo is sometimes thought to have belonged to the Mormaers of Fife in early times. Before 1350 it had become the centre of the shire of Strathmigloshire. It became a

burgh of barony A burgh of barony was a type of Scottish town ( burgh). Burghs of barony were distinct from royal burghs, as the title was granted to a landowner who, as a tenant-in-chief, held his estates directly from the crown. (In some cases, they might also ...

in the 16th century, by which time it belonged to the Scotts of Balwearie. Prior to the

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it was the site of a

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. Strathmiglo Town House was completed in 1734. The economic life of the burgh in early times was linked to nearby

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. In the 18th and 19th centuries the textile industry was important, as was boot-making in the 20th. There is a

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by the cemetery. It probably dates from the 9th century and shows a pair of legs (with toes) and stomach above. The upper torso and head are missing as the upper part of the stone is broken and missing. An accompanying plaque describes it as a carving of "a tuning fork".

Demography

The civil parish has a population of 1,274 (in 2011).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

People from Strathmiglo

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are descended from ancestors originating in Strathmiglo.

References

External links

Strathmiglo & Gateside community website

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