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Corstorphine

Crois Thoirfinn


Meaning

cross of Torfin


Settlement

Location

City of Edinburgh

City of Edinburgh

EH12

NT200727


English / Map Form: Corstorphine

Gaelic Form: Crois Thoirfinn


Post Town: EDINBURGH

Postcode area: EH12

County: City of Edinburgh

Local Authority: City of Edinburgh

English / Map Form: Corstorphine

Gaelic Form: Crois Thoirfinn


Sources

G crois + ON torfinnr ‘the crossing of Torfin’

 

“Crostorfin, c. 1130, 1142 (Chart. Hol.)…  The meaning is ‘Torfin’s crossing,’ rather than ‘Torfin’s cross,’ with reference to a crossing over the hill. Torfin is a personal name; Macbeth gave Bolgyne, which belonged to the son of Torfyn, to God and to St. Serf of Loch Leven (Lawrie).” Watson 1926, 143-4.

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