# Corsock

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**Corsock** (Scottish Gaelic: *Carsag*) is a village in the historical county of [Kirkcudbrightshire](/source/Kirkcudbrightshire), [Dumfries and Galloway](/source/Dumfries_and_Galloway), south-west [Scotland](/source/Scotland). It is located 8 miles (13 km) north of [Castle Douglas](/source/Castle_Douglas), and the same distance east of [New Galloway](/source/New_Galloway), on the [Urr Water](/source/Urr_Water).

Corsock House is an 18th-century country house remodelled by David Bryce in 1853. A later addition was made by Charles Stuart Still Johnston in 1910.[1] The gardens are open to the public under the [Scotland's Garden Scheme](/source/Scotland's_Gardens) each Spring.

Corsock Church was built as a Free Church in 1851-52 by local architect William McCandlish. It was extended in 1912 with a Gothic stone arch and chancel by J.A. McGregor.[2]

## Etymology

Corsock is a [Cumbric](/source/Cumbric) name formed with the adjectival suffix *-awg* and either *cors* 'reeds, rushes, sedge' or *crois* 'cross'. If formed from *cors* it may have been an early name for the upper part of the Urr, meaning 'reedy place'. If formed from *crois* it would mean either 'place with a cross' or 'crossing place'.[3]

## References

1. Stuff, Good. ["Corsock House, Parton, Dumfries and Galloway"](https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/200350932-corsock-house-parton). *britishlistedbuildings.co.uk*. Retrieved 2022-12-16.

1. ["Corsock Church - Scotlands Churches Trust"](https://scotlandschurchestrust.org.uk/church/corsock-church). *Scotland Churches Trust*. Retrieved 2022-12-16.

1. James, Alan G. (2014). "Cumbric trev in Kyle, Carrick, Galloway and Dumfriesshire". *Transactions of the Dumfries and Galloway Natural History and Antiquarian Society*. **88**: 31.

- ["Corsock"](http://www.scottish-places.info/towns/townfirst3270.html). *Gazetteer for Scotland*. Retrieved 2008-07-03.

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