Crichton, Midlothian
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| 240px The former collegiate church at Crichton |
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 Crichton
Crichton shown within Midlothian |
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| OS grid reference | NT384619 |
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| Civil parish | Crichton |
| Council area | Midlothian |
| Lieutenancy area | Midlothian |
| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | PATHHEAD |
| Postcode district | EH37 |
| Dialling code | 01875 |
| Police | Scottish |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
| EU Parliament | Scotland |
| UK Parliament | Midlothian |
| Scottish Parliament | Midlothian North and Musselburgh |
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Crichton is a small village and parish in Midlothian, Scotland, around 2 miles south of Pathhead and the same east of Gorebridge.
The second element of the name is clearly from the Old English word tūn 'farm, settlement'.[1] The first element is less certain, however, and could be from Gaelic crioch 'border'[2] or Cumbric craig 'rock'.[3]
To the west of the village is the 15th-century parish church, formerly a collegiate church, established by William Crichton, 1st Lord Crichton, who served as Lord Chancellor of Scotland from 1439 to 1453. To the south of the church is Crichton Castle, begun in the late 14th century by William's father John de Crichton, and featuring a fine 16th-century Italianate courtyard façade.
The civil parish has a population of 1,223 (in 2011).[4]
See also
References
- ↑ Bethany Fox, 'The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland', The Heroic Age, 10 (2007), http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html (appendix at http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html).
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- ↑ Bethany Fox, 'The P-Celtic Place-Names of North-East England and South-East Scotland', The Heroic Age, 10 (2007), http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox.html (appendix at http://www.heroicage.org/issues/10/fox-appendix.html).
- ↑ Census of Scotland 2011, Table KS101SC – Usually Resident Population, publ. by National Records of Scotland. Web site http://www.scotlandscensus.gov.uk/ retrieved March 2016. See “Standard Outputs”, Table KS101SC, Area type: Civil Parish 1930
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