English / Map Form: Faifley
Gaelic Form: Am Fionn-Bhealach
Post Town: CLYDEBANK
Postcode area: G81
County: Dunbartonshire
Local Authority: West Dunbartonshire
English / Map Form: Faifley
Gaelic Form: Am Fionn-Bhealach
Language Notes
Element Meaning
G fionn ‘white’ + G bealach ‘pass’
Sources
Fynbertbealach 1182 x 1199 Lenn. Cart. 12
Finbealach 1182 x 1199 Pais. Reg. 157
Fimbelach 1234 Pais. Reg. 164
Fimbelach 1239 Pais. Reg. 161
Forklay 1592 RMS v no. 2070 [amongst lands belonging to Paisley Abbey]
Faichla 1654 Blaeu (Pont)