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Whitsome
Village in Scottish Borders, Scotland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Whitsome is a small rural village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B6437, near Duns, Fogo, Ladykirk, Leitholm and Swinton.
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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:
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Whitsome.
- RCAHMS site record for Whitsome
- Gazetteer for Scotland: Parish of Whitsome
- Excavation of cist burial, Leetside Farm, Whitsome
- Forestry Commission: Consultation with Edrom, Allanton and Whitsome Community Council
- GENUKI: History of Whitsome
- Borders Family History Society: Whitsome
- GEOGRAPH image: Whitsome Church
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