Auchterderran Explained

Country:	Scotland
Static Image:	Mining Memorial, Auchterderran.jpg
Static Image Caption:	Mining Memorial, Auchterderran
Coordinates:	56.14°N -3.27°W
Official Name:	Auchterderran
Gaelic Name:	Uachdar Doirein
Unitary Scotland:	Fife
Constituency Westminster:	Glenrothes
Constituency Scottish Parliament:	Cowdenbeath
Post Town:	LOCHGELLY
Dial Code:	01592
Os Grid Reference:	NT2195

Auchterderran is a village in Fife, Scotland.^{[1] [2]} It is sometimes thought as part of the larger village, Cardenden, although Cardenden is part of the parish of Auchterderran.

The name derives from Scottish Gaelic, although the first element, urchan, is obsolete in modern Gaelic and obscure. The second element, deòradh, means "a person charged with the safe-keeping of a saintly relic".^[3]

Church

A church existed here since Pre-Reformation times. The current church dates from 1789 and was extended in 1891.^[4]

Notable residents

• Dr Thomas Goodall Nasmyth FRSE MOH born here in 1855.

Notes and References

1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 58 Perth & Alloa (Auchterarder). 9780319229972 . Ordnance Survey. 2014.
2. Web site: Ordnance Survey: 1:50,000 Scale Gazetteer. csv (download). 1 January 2016. Ordnance Survey. www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk. 30 January 2016.
3. Web site: Auchterderran . Fife Place-name Data.
4. Book: Gifford . John . Fife . 1988 . Penguin . London . 978-0-300-09673-6 . 75.