Craigmyle
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Craigmyle is a surname. The surname is also sometimes spelt Craigmile, and is thought to come from the name-place in Kincardine O'Neil parish, Aberdeenshire.[1]
It may be a variation of Craigmillar[citation needed], a family who acquired lands south of Edinburgh from the monks of Dunfermline Abbey, who had received a land grant by King David I in the 12th century.
Baron Craigmyle is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
It may refer to:
- Bessie Craigmyle, Scottish poet (1863–1933)
- Peter Craigmyle, soccer referee (1894–1979)
See also
[edit]- Craigmyle, Alberta, a hamlet in Canada
Notes
[edit]- ^ Black, George F. (1946) The Surnames of Scotland