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| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WHITHORN | Whithorn Whithorn Whitehorn Whitehorn Whithorn Whithorn Whithorn |
Revd [Reverend] C. Nicholson Provost Boroadfoot Ainslies Map 1782 Royl Engrs [Royal Engineers] Map 1819 Stat Acct [Statistical Account] of Wigtown 1841 Chalmers Caledonia Vol [Volume] 3 P [Page] 410 George McHaffie Esqr. |
034 | [Situation] In the SW [South West] Side of the Parish of Whithorn. A Royal Burgh situated 11 miles S [South] of Wigtown 18 miles S [South] of Newton Stewart 32 ESE [East South East] of Stranraer 40 E [East] by S [South] of Port Patrick 97 S [South] of Glasgow & 113 3/4 S.W. [South West] of Edinburgh and about the centre of the Parish of Whithorn. It consists of a principal Street about three quarters of a mile in length and crossed near the middle by The Kitt there are Several public Pumps & a weighing Machine in the Street, and a few very brief and unimportant Alleys diverging on the E [East] side thro' [through] only one of which is a thoroughfare. The Main Street is very irregular and crooked having many abrupt turns (See next page) |
Continued entries/extra info
[Page] 59 -- Parish of Whithorn
Form no 136
Page 157 -- Whithorn
[Note] Whithorn - This is evidently the
Saxon Whitoerne oerne meaning house
and thus the three names Candida Casa,
Whitoern and Leucopibia * agree
Whitehouses - the * Leucopibia of this copies
of Ptolomy should perhaps be Leeucokibia.
WDG
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county, OS Name Books - Wigtown county - Volume 84 - Parishes of Glasserton, Sorbie and Whithorn, OS1/35/84
This volume contains information on place names found in the Wigtownshire parishes of Glasserton, Sorbie, and Whithorn.
Ordnance Survey - Wigtown county
Ordnance Survey was established in the 18th century to create maps, surveys and associated records for the entirety of Great Britain. These records are arranged by county. This entry has been created to enable searching for Ordnance Survey records for the county of Wigtown, which is in the south west of Scotland.