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Auchtermuchty
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Gaelic, "the high ground of the wild sow"), a royal and police burgh of Fifeshire, Scotland, built on an elevation about 9 m. W. by S. of Cupar, with a station on a branch of the North British railway from Ladybank to Mawcarse Junction. Pop. 1387. The rapid Loverspool Burn divides. the town. The principal industries include the weaving of linen and damasks, bleaching, distilling and malting. John Glas, founder of the sect known as Glassites or Sandemanians, was a native of the town. A mile and a half to the south-west is the village of Strathmiglo (pop. 966), on the river Eden, with. a linen factory and bleaching works.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Auchtermuchty'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/auchtermuchty.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Auchtermuchty'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/auchtermuchty.html. 1910.
