LETHAM, a village, in the parish of Monimail,
district of Cupar, county of Fife, 4 miles (W. by N.)
from Cupar; containing 383 inhabitants. It is situated
in the western part of the parish, about a mile north of
the high road from Cupar to Collessie; and is a considerable
village, the population of which is chiefly engaged
in the weaving of linen. The Independents have
a place of worship. A large subscription school was
established here in 1821; and there is a miscellaneous
circulating library, besides a religious library in the
vestry of the parish church, which is about half a mile
distant.