Mike, also from Google.com........ Nonetheless, today there is a pool just to the East of the kirk, immediately North of which is the name of Priestinch, being Scots for "Priest Island", with ... www.cyberscotia.com/ancient-lothian/ pages/auldcathie-kirk.html and West Lothian Contents ABERCORN "A village and a coast parish of Linlithgowshire. Lying 1/4 miles inland, near the confluence of the Cornie and Midhope Burns, the village - a pretty little place, nestling among trees and gardens on the verge of a high bank - is 3 3/4 miles W of its post-town South Queensferry, and 3 NNW of Winchburgh station. The parish contains also the hamlets of Philipstoun, 2 1/2 miles SW of Abercorn village, and Society, on the coast, 1 1/4 miles E by N. It is bounded N for 3 3/4 miles by the Firth of Forth (here 2 1/2 miles wide), E by Dalmeny, SE by Kirkliston, S by the Auldcathie portion of Dalmeny and by Ecclesmachen, SW by Linlithgow, and W by Carriden, from which it is parted by the Black Burn." (Extract from Groomes Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland c.1895) Population Below is a list of Abercorn's population during various years. 1801 814 1821 1044 1871 933 1891 863 Good luck Lorraine