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Liff, Angus history
Early history
The origin of the name Liff is uncertain. Older writers suggested it might come from the Gaelic word lighe, meaning flood or spate. A modern expert on placenames suggests it comes from Gaelic cliathach, meaning side or slope of a hill.
Later history
The land around Liff was part of the endowment of the Abbey of Scone from the time of Alexander I’s gift until the Reformation. By the 1880s ‘Liff’ was said to cover 8049 acres (12.6 square miles) and contained substantial parts of the City of Dundee.
Twentieth century
In the early twentieth century Liff was a thriving and economically diversified community. At this time there were a farrier and blacksmith, a joiner, wheelwright and undertaker, a cobbler and shoemaker, a stonemason, a publican, at least two shopkeepers, a doctor, medical, nursing and administrative staff at the nearby hospital. The 1940s were years of austerity and difficulty. Mains electricity arrived just after the Second World War.
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