English / Map Form: Torness Street
Gaelic Form: Sràid Torness
Location: Partick, Glasgow
Post Town: GLASGOW
County: City of Glasgow
Local Authority: Glasgow City
English / Map Form: Torness Street
Gaelic Form: Sràid Torness
Element Meaning
G sràid ~ ‘street’ + EN Torness ~ place-name
Sources
This was Thomson St. in 1913. This is likely named after the Torness in East Lothian, which is probably British torr, ‘hill’ and ON ness, ‘headland’.
