Kirkcaldy street name

[Ruskie]

Muttonhall and Muttonhall Colliery Houses sound a bit different from just plain “Mutton Row”. It semss like the right place though given that they are living there in 1871. Perhaps Mutton Row was a local name for the colliery houses?

[East View]

I still have some work to do on this but I have come to the same conclusion as you.
I just need to confirm it.
I will be visiting Dysart in June and plan to walk the area. Perhaps from the ground things may be a little clearer.
Thanks for your thoughts. 

[Forfarian]

Muttonhall and Muttonhall Colliery Houses sounds a bit different from just plain “Mutton Row”. It sounds like the right place though given that they are living there in 1871. Perhaps Mutton Row was a local name for the colliery houses?

I think that is very likely.

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Thanks.

[ev]

On the 1881 Census the family are living at  Dunnikier Cottages , Kirkcaldy.
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=56.1210&lon=-3.1545&layers=168&b=1


ev

[Ruskie]

On the 1881 Census the family are living at  Dunnikier Cottages , Kirkcaldy.
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/#zoom=17&lat=56.1210&lon=-3.1545&layers=168&b=1


ev

If you are heading that way to look at some of these places Peter, you will find some of them no longer exist.

Dunniker Cottages:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=18&lat=56.1209&lon=-3.1539&layers=168&right=BingHyb

Scroll NW to find Muttonhall and Muttonhall Cottages:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17&lat=56.1341&lon=-3.1784&layers=168&right=BingHyb

As an aside, I note that there is a Dunniker House a way north of Dunniker Cottages:
https://maps.nls.uk/geo/explore/side-by-side/#zoom=17&lat=56.1353&lon=-3.1629&layers=168&right=BingHyb

(Dunniker House is not relevant to this search but it made me wonder if Mutton Row is different from Muttonhall Cottages)  ... so many similar place names but in different areas .... 

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We are aware most of the places where the family lived no longer exist. They were probably of poor quality even then and it was a long time ago. I am travelling from North Wales and my cousin is travelling from New Zealand and it will just be satisfying to walk the streets they walked and to find our roots.

[Forfarian]

Having seen the map, and noted that there were only two cottages at Muttonhall Cottages, I take back my agreement that they are likely to have been the same as Mutton Row. I think a 'Row' would have to consist of more than just two cottages.

[hdw]

There's a district in the west of Edinburgh, near Cramond, called Davidson's Mains, after the individual who bought the land here in the late 18th century, but before that it was called Muttonhole. It's thought the name might be connected with sheep grazing.

Harry