Pentecox
OS 1234 5678
Midlothian
Derivation:
"'share of the fifth part' (coig, coigeamh)" (Watson, WJ 1926)
Earlier forms:
Pitcox
Notes:
see also Pitcoag, Perthshire, and Pitcox, East Lothian
References:
Watson, WJ 1926 - The History of the Celtic Place-names of Scotland |
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