A MID-LOTHIAN VILLAGE

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A MID-LOTHIAN VILLAGE
Notes on the Village and Parish of Corstorphine

Compiled and Illustrated
by G. Upton Selway
Originally Published in 1890
Reprinted in 1984 by the
Rowll Press, Rowll Grove Edinburgh.

A MID-LOTHIAN VILLAGE
Corstorphine as a place-name has always been, and is likely still to remain, something of a mystery. Of three derivations advanced, the one most generally accepted, and the one appealing most to one's common sense, is Cross of Torphin (the older rendering of the name Corstorphine being Crostorfyn), from Torfin grandson of Malcolm II., or from Torphin, an archdeacon of Lothian, said to have built a cross at this spot. Another derivation that appeals to many is that of Croix d’or fin, and tradition has it that a cross of fine gold was presented to the church by a Norman baron. To Gaelic scholars, and those who like to trace as many words in our language to that source as possible, this third derivation that has been put forward will no doubt settle the matter: Coire, a large hollow; Stoir, steps through a wet place; and Phin, from Fionn, white--viz., " the hollow with the white steps." A trifle laboured, but ingenious. Whatever may have been the origin of the name, the village and parish furnish a most pleasant study alike to antiquarian and artist.

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