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==Toponymy== The name, Methil, is from [[Scottish Gaelic]], and appears to derive from ''meadh(on)'' meaning 'middle' and ''cill'' meaning 'church'.<ref name="Methil">{{cite web |title=Methil |url=https://fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/placename/?id=925 |website=Fife Place-name Data |access-date=10 December 2020}}</ref> Initially centred on the medieval church on the River Leven, the centre moved to a burgh and port in the seventeenth century known also as "Methilltoune" (1670) and "Methilburgh" (1795), with the alternative name of "Innerleven". William Roy's Map of Scotland refers to the town as "Methill Pans", a reference to the salt industry, with Inverleven indicated as a separate settlement. The town is sometimes referred to locally as The Methil.<ref name="Methil"/>
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