Abercorn

Also known as Obar Chùirnidh

Abercorn (Gaelic: Obar Chùirnidh, Old English: Æbbercurnig) is a village and civil parish in West Lothian, Scotland. Close to the south coast of the Firth of Forth, the village is around west of South Queensferry. The parish had a population of 458 at the 2011 Census.

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Place details

Locality: Abercorn
Region: Alba / Scotland
Country: United Kingdom
Population: 0

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Key facts

UK place.country: Scotland
UK place.static_image_name: File:Abercorn Church West Front.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption: Abercorn Church
UK place.official_name: Abercorn
UK place.gaelic_name: Obar Chùirnidh
UK place.label_position: top
UK place.population: 458
UK place.lieutenancy_scotland: West Lothian
UK place.unitary_scotland: West Lothian
UK place.constituency_westminster: Linlithgow and East Falkirk
UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament: Linlithgow
UK place.post_town: SOUTH QUEENSFERRY
UK place.postcode_district: EH30
UK place.postcode_area: EH
UK place.dial_code: 0131
UK place.os_grid_reference: NT082788

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Wikidata facts

Population: 458
Image: Abercorn Church.jpg

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Article

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Contents

Etymology
History
Abercorn Castle
Ecclesiastical history
Bishopric
Titular see
Notable burials in Abercorn
Gallery
See also
References
Sources and external links

== Etymology == Etymologically, Abercorn is a Cumbric place-name. It is recorded as Aebbercurnig in c.731. The first element is aber 'mouth, confluence'. William J. Watson proposed that the second element meant 'horned', from a Brittonic word related to Welsh corniog. The name would thus mean 'horned confluence'. However, because Abercorn sits by the Cornie Burn, Alan James has suggested that the name means 'mouth of the Cornie Burn'. The name of the stream itself is also Cumbric and seems to derive from *kernan 'mound, hill' and so to be named after the hill on which Abercorn stands.