Largoward

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Largoward is a village in East Fife, Scotland, lying on the road from Leven to St Andrews in the Riggin o Fife, 4½ miles north-east of Lower Largo and 6½ miles south-west of St Andrews.Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland, by Francis Groome, 2nd edition 1896; article on Largoward It is an agricultural and former mining village, one of the three main villages of the civil parish of Kilconquhar, along with Colinsburgh and the village of Kilconquhar.Third Statistical Account of Scotland; volume on Fife, by Alexander Smith, Publ. 1952. Article on Kilconquhar Coal must have been worked for a considerable length of time in the district, as it is recorded that coal was driven annually from Falfield, just north-west of the village, to Falkland Palace for the use of King James VI.The New Statistical Account of Scotland by the Ministers of the Respective Parishes, Vol. IX Fife-Kinross. Publ. William Blackwood & Sons, Edinburgh, 1845; article on Kilconquhar

Largoward and District Community Council covers the northern part of the civil parish of Kilconquhar, plus the Cassingray area to the east (Carnbee parish).Map of Largoward and District Community Council, publ. by Fife Council publications.1fife.org.uk/uploadfiles/publications/CommunityCouncilMap_Largoward%20and%20District.pdf retrieved May 2016Ordnance Survey 1 inch to 1 mile Sheet 41 - North Berwick Publication date: 1899 available from National Library of Scotland maps.nls.uk as at May 2016

The name probably means Largo's field,According to Rev Dr Donald MacEwan, former minister of Largoward - see Web site of Largoward and St Monans Church of Scotland Parish Churches www.stmonanslargowardkirk.org retrieved May 2016{{Cite web|url=https://fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/placename/?id=2052|title=Fife Place-name Data :: Largoward|website=fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk}} Largo parish and Largo Law being just west of the village. The name Largoward is recorded from the 18th century. Ward or {{lang|sco|italic=no|waird}} is a Scots word meaning an enclosed piece of land, chiefly for pasture. Although in the parish of Kilconquhar, it appears to have had a connection with the parish or barony of Largo as regards tenure.Glasgow University web site fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/placename/?id=2052 retrieved May 2016 The word ward appears in the neighbouring placenames of Balcarres Ward (Kilconquhar parish), West Ward and Knights Ward (Carnbee parish).

The population of the village and the adjacent settlements is 419 (2011 Census).Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site

http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved March 2016. See “Standard Outputs”, Table KS101SC, Area type: Output Area