Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for St Monance (or Abercrombie)

St Monance (or Abercrombie), par. and fishing vil. with ry. sta. (St Monan's), Fife, on Firth of Forth - par., 1203 ac., pop. 2054; vil., 2 miles NE. of Elie and 3 miles SW. of Anstruther, pop. 1918; P.O., T.O.; is a burgh of barony, and has a good harbour.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "parish and fishing village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: St Monance ScoP       Fife ScoCnty
Place names: ABERCROMBIE     |     ST MOUAUCE     |     ST MOUAUCE OR ABERCROMBIE
Place: St Monance

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