Auchtertool
Auchtertool
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Main Street, Auchtertool | |
Location within Fife | |
| Population | 635 |
| OS grid reference | NT207902 |
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| Lieutenancy area | |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Kirkcaldy |
| Postcode district | KY2 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Auchtertool (/ɒxtərˈtʊl/ ⓘ; Scottish Gaelic: Uachdar Tuil) is a small village in Fife, Scotland. It is 4 miles west of Kirkcaldy. The name is from the Gaelic uachdar, meaning upland or heights above the Tiel burn (from Gaelic tuil meaning torrent). The Tiel Burn flows a few hundred yards south of the kirk and village, which was formerly known as Milton of Auchtertool. The parish belonged to the diocese of Dunkeld, having been given to Bishop Gregory by King David I in the twelfth century. Soon after, the church was given to the priory of Inchcolm.