[2] It was constructed in the twelfth century and all that remains is a roofless structure which may have been the session house or vestry of the church.

[8] The name Scoonie is of Gaelic and possibly Pictish origin meaning place of the lump-like hill.

[10] On the northern borders of the parish are the historic estate of Montrave and the ruined castle of Aithernie, by the banks of Scoonie burn.

The "landward" part of the parish, namely the area outside of the burgh of Leven, achieved local self government under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894 when Scoonie Parish Council was established, with John Wilkie elected as first Chairman on 20 May 1895.

But, by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, the burgh of Leven was abolished in 1975 and, along with the rest of the parish, was subsumed in Kirkcaldy District of Fife Region.