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Whitsome

{{Short description|Village in Scottish Borders, Scotland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

|official_name = Whitsome

|country = Scotland

|os_grid_reference = NT859504

|edinburgh_distance_mi = 40

|london_distance_mi = 305

|unitary_scotland = Scottish Borders

|lieutenancy_scotland = Berwickshire

|coordinates = {{coord|55|44|56|N|2|13|03|W|display=inline,title|region:GB_type:city_source:GNS-enwiki}}

|constituency_westminster = Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk

|constituency_scottish_parliament = Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire

|post_town = DUNS

|postcode_district = TD11

|postcode_area = TD

}}

Whitsome is a small rural village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B6437, near Duns, Fogo, Ladykirk, Leitholm and Swinton.

Place-name meaning

Whitsome derives from Old English hwit-husum "at the white houses". This may refer to white stone buildings, or houses painted white. The name has been recorded as the following over the centuries:

  • æt hwitum husum, 984 (literally "at the white houses, -um being dative plural).
  • Huuithusum, 1038 (double u was written since "w" could not be pronounced by the author)
  • Witsum, 1124 (contracted form)

See also

External links

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  • [http://www.scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search/index.php?action=do_search&id=1355&p_name=WHITSOME&p_type=PARISH&p_county1=Berwickshire RCAHMS site record for Whitsome]
  • [http://www.scottish-places.info/parishes/pardetails858.html Gazetteer for Scotland: Parish of Whitsome]
  • [http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/catalogue/adsdata/PSAS_2002/pdf/vol_129/129_189_201.pdf Excavation of cist burial, Leetside Farm, Whitsome]
  • [http://www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/cc474.pdf/$FILE/cc474.pdf] Forestry Commission: Consultation with Edrom, Allanton and Whitsome Community Council
  • [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/sct/BEW/Whitsome/history.html GENUKI: History of Whitsome]
  • [http://bordersfhs.org.uk/whitsome.asp Borders Family History Society: Whitsome]
  • [https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/573807 GEOGRAPH image: Whitsome Church]

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Category:Villages in the Scottish Borders

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