Gilmerton

Gilmerton (Scottish Gaelic:Baile GhilleMhoire) is a suburb of Edinburgh, about 4 miles (6.4 km) southeast of the city centre.

The toponym "Gilmerton" is derived from a combination of Scottish Gaelic:Gille-Moire – a personal name and later surname meaning "Servant of [the Virgin] Mary", from which comes the first element, "Gilmer", – and Old English:ton meaning "settlement" or "farmstead". Versions of the name are recorded from the middle of the 12th century.