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Drumfrochar

Druim Fhraochair

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Renfrewshire

Inverclyde

NS270754


English / Map Form: Drumfrochar

Gaelic Form: Druim Fhraochair


Location: Greenock, Inverclyde

Post Town: GREENOCK

County: Renfrewshire

Local Authority: Inverclyde

English / Map Form: Drumfrochar

Gaelic Form: Druim Fhraochair


Language Notes

G nom. sg. druim, masc. ‘ridge’ + G fraochair 'personal name'?

Element Meaning

 

Sources

Drumfrochin 1747-55 Roy
Dumfrocher 1800 Ainslie Renfrew
Drumfrocher 1820 Thomson

Drumfrocher 1821 Ainslie
Drumfrochar 1842 Greenock and its Environs
Drumfroachar 1857 Town Plan of Greenock

 

Additional Information

The original Drumfrochar must have been at NS272755. The specific may be a personal name.
 

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