The church was originally a rectory of St Salvator's College in St Andrews and in its churchyard lies buried the Earl of Melville who supported William and Mary's claim to the throne in 1689. To the east stands the tower of Kinnear which lies on land occupied by the Kinnear family for over 700 years. Scotland has many tales of white and green ladies.
Fife is no exception.
Gouls Den, Kilmany, is a ravine that lies a little to the north-west of Kilmany Cottage. Jim Clark, the famous racing driver, was born on a farm in Kilmany. The youngest of the family, and the only boy among four sisters, Jim moved to a Border districts farm, Edington Mains near Duns, Berwickshire, at the age of six. On many occasions he raced in several classes during a Grand Prix meeting. Jim Clark died in 1968 aged 32.