St Fort (/sənˈfoʊrt/, /seɪntfoʊrt/, /ˈsɑːnfərd/ or /ˈsɑːnfər/) is a rural area, largely in Forgan parish, Fife. The current form of the name is late eighteenth century, the origin being a sandy ford on the Motray Water,[1][2][3] in all likelihood the ford earlier known as Adnectan or Nechtan's ford.[3] St Fort Hill lies immediately to the south of Newport-on-Tay and William Burn’s St Fort House, a large baronial mansion, demolished in 1953, lay on its southern slopes. The Home Farm, to its west, survives.[4]
The area is one of the origins of the surname Sandford.[11] It is not to be confused with St Ford, 15 miles to the southeast in the parish of Kilconquhar, similarly sharing its origin as Sandford.[12]
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^ ab"Fife Place-name Data :: St Fort". fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk.
^ ab"Fife Place-name Data :: Ploughlands Of St Fort". fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk.
^ ab"Fife Place-name Data :: Naughton". fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk.
^"BBC Two - Restoration Home, Series 2, Sandford House". BBC.
^"Restoration Home: Sandford House (Before and After) | History Documentary | Reel Truth History". YouTube. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
^Black, George F. (1946). The Surnames of Scotland (1993 ed.). Edinburgh: New York Public Library/Birlinn. p. 710. ISBN1-874744-07-6. SANDFORD. From Sandford, now St. Fort in the parish of Forgan, Fife. William de Sandfor witnessed a charter of part of the lands of Carrecros (= Cairncross), c. 1239... Thomas Sandfurd was slain in 1538... The form Santford with unvoiced t due to the following f is the source of the popular etymology of the place name from a mythical St. Fort.
^"Fife Place-name Data :: St Ford". fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk.
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fort, french, former, commune, saint, fort, ɑː, ɑː, rural, area, largely, forgan, parish, fife, current, form, name, late, eighteenth, century, origin, being, sandy, ford, motray, water, likelihood, ford, earlier, known, adnectan, nechtan, ford, hill, lies, im. For the French former commune see Saint Fort St Fort s e n ˈ f oʊ r t s eɪ n t f oʊ r t ˈ s ɑː n f e r d or ˈ s ɑː n f e r is a rural area largely in Forgan parish Fife The current form of the name is late eighteenth century the origin being a sandy ford on the Motray Water 1 2 3 in all likelihood the ford earlier known as Adnectan or Nechtan s ford 3 St Fort Hill lies immediately to the south of Newport on Tay and William Burn s St Fort House a large baronial mansion demolished in 1953 lay on its southern slopes The Home Farm to its west survives 4 St FortSt Fort HillSt FortLocation within FifeOS grid referenceNO4125Civil parishForganCouncil areaFifeLieutenancy areaFifeCountryScotlandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townNEWPORT ON TAYPostcode districtDD6Dialling code01382PoliceScotlandFireScottishAmbulanceScottishUK ParliamentNorth East FifeScottish ParliamentNorth East FifeList of places UK Scotland 56 24 47 N 2 57 29 W 56 413 N 2 958 W 56 413 2 958 Sandford House HotelFurther south the area was formerly served by St Fort railway station on the Edinburgh Aberdeen line The triangular adjunct of the St Fort junctions connecting the now defunct Newburgh and North Fife Railway lay to the station s south east Baillie Scott s Arts and Crafts style Sandford House Hotel taking the earlier form of the area s name lies immediately to the station s west just into Kilmany parish 5 1 2 6 7 Its restoration as a residence and holiday cottages was documented in the BBC television series Restoration Home 8 9 10 The area is one of the origins of the surname Sandford 11 It is not to be confused with St Ford 15 miles to the southeast in the parish of Kilconquhar similarly sharing its origin as Sandford 12 References edit a b Fife Place name Data St Fort fife placenames glasgow ac uk a b Fife Place name Data Ploughlands Of St Fort fife placenames glasgow ac uk a b Fife Place name Data Naughton fife placenames glasgow ac uk St Fort Canmore canmore org uk Sandford House near Newport on Tay from hotel to haven www scotsman com 2 December 2015 Sandford House from The Gazetteer for Scotland www scottish places info Stuff Good Sandford Hill Hotel Kilmany Fife britishlistedbuildings co uk History Sandford Country Cottages BBC Two Restoration Home Series 2 Sandford House BBC Restoration Home Sandford House Before and After History Documentary Reel Truth History YouTube 27 June 2019 Retrieved 21 March 2020 Black George F 1946 The Surnames of Scotland 1993 ed Edinburgh New York Public Library Birlinn p 710 ISBN 1 874744 07 6 SANDFORD From Sandford now St Fort in the parish of Forgan Fife William de Sandfor witnessed a charter of part of the lands of Carrecros Cairncross c 1239 Thomas Sandfurd was slain in 1538 The form Santford with unvoiced t due to the following f is the source of the popular etymology of the place name from a mythical St Fort Fife Place name Data St Ford fife placenames glasgow ac uk nbsp This Fife location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title St Fort amp oldid 1128719137, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
