Whithorn wis first kent (in Laitin) as a modren form o the Anglo-Saxon version o this name, Hwit Ærn "white hosue". In Gallowa Gaelic it wis cried Rosnat or Futarna, the latter a version o the Anglo-Saxon name (Gaelic haesna a soond like the English 'wh').[2]
Aicht an twalt centurys
A monastery an diocese o the Anglo-SaxonKinrick o Northumbrie wis foondit on the site in the 8t century. It wis the revised centre o the See o Gallowa (or o Candida Casa) unner the patronage o Fergus, Laird o Gallowa an Bishop Gille Aldan fae the 12t century. The late-medieval cathedral Whithorn Priory is in ruins, muckle o it haein disappeart completely apairt fae the muckle-altert aisle-less nave an vauts at the umwhile eastren end that aince haudit the shrine o Saunt Ringan, ane o medieval Scotland's major pilgrimage destinations. A museum in the toun conteens artifacts fae the site, that haes been howkit extensive in the last wheen o years. A late-medieval weygate with the airms o the Scots monarchs leads intil the site o the priory, that conteens the 19t-century pairish kirk an a museum o cairved stantes (haint bi Historic Scotland. The collection o early medieval stanes is ane o the lairgest in Scotland, an includes the kintra's earliest survivin Christian memorial, the 5t-centoure insrieved "Latinus Stane". The museum ootset an shawin wis revised and greatly impruived in 2005.
The crozier
Ane o the finest artifacts fund at the site is the Whithorn crozier. The giltit an enamelt crozier is an ootstaundin exemple o champlevé enamels that wis being made in England in the seicont hauf o the 12t century, and this ane dates til aroond 1175.[3] It is noo hoosed in the National Museums o Scotland, awthou it is lent til the Whithorn Trust Veesitors Centre ilka simmer. It is thocht that the crozier wis buirit wi the body o Simon de Wedale that wis ane o the Bishops o Whithorn.
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Kirks
St Martin an St Ninian Catholic Kirk, George Street, biggit 1959-60. It wis designt bi Harry Stuart Goodhart-Rendel an is his anely kent biggin in Scotland. The ben wis re-ordert wi the altar brocht forrit fae the east waw follaein the reforms o the Seicont Vatican Cooncil. At that time the baldacchino wis demolisht an aw, and the decorous airnwark at the bapteestry an communion rail wrackit. The oreeginal Creetoun granite altar wis place't ootby again the east uplift. A possible soorce o inspiration is the kirk o San Julián de los Prados Oveida, Asturias, Spaingie. The East uplift haes a cairved Hew Lorimer crucifix muntit til the waw. The crucifix haesna forn weel efter puir cleanin in 1997 led tae signeeficant tynin o detail. The kirk includin the quadrant waws is leetit Category C(S).
Whithorn PriorySt Ninian's Priory, Kirk o Scotland. It wis biggit in 1882 uisin stanes fae the medieval Whithorn Priory. The tour wis addit in the mid-19t century. The airchle wis addit bi Peter MacGregor Chalmers in 1914.
Geography
Whithorn's link til the sea wis the port kent as the Isle o Whithorn (a separate community fae Whithorn itsel, an actually a peninsula). It wis muckle uised in the Middle Ages bi pilgrims arrivin bi boat. The 13t century Saunt Ringan's Chaipel merkit the place whaur pilgrims cam on the shore (the ruif-less remeens is haint bi Historic Scotland.
The 1t century sattlement o Rispain Camp, aboot ae mile wast o Whithorn, is haint bi Historic Scotland an aw.
Whithorn wis aince served bi the Whithorn railwey station (appent 1877) until 1950 whan the passenger service wis reteert an the fraucht services fawin veectim til the Beeching cuts in 1964. The track wis liftit in Apryle 1965.[4]
Leetit biggins in Whithorn
107 George Street
51 George Street
53 George Street And Entrance To Priory
55-57 (Odd Nos) George Street
65, 67 And 69 George Street, Including Old Town Hall And Bell Tower
77 George Street, The Clydesdale Bank, Walls And Railings
79 George Street
83 George Street
101 George Street
8 George Street
58 George Street
118 George Street
122 George Street
25 St John Street
70 St John Street
Isle Of Whithorn, 66-70 (Even Nos) Main Street
Isle Of Whithorn, 76-78 (Even Nos) Main Street
Reiffer Park With Retaining Walls
Isle Of Whithorn, 38 Main Street, Low Isle House
Isle Of Whithorn, Isle Parish Church (Church Of Scotland)
71 And 73 George Street
81 George Street
85 George Street
91-93 (Odd Nos) George Street
109 George Street
2 George Street (Corner With St John Street) The Cross House
12-14 (Even Nos) George Street And Rubble Wall To Rear
26 George Street
30-32 (Even Nos) George Street
60 George Street
96 And 98 George Street
102 George Street
112 George Street
114 George Street
126 George Street
33 High Street
53 St John Street, Whithorn Town Hall With Gate, Railings And Quadrant Wall
Whithorn Priory
Isle Of Whithorn, 24-30 (Even Nos) Main Street
Isle Of Whithorn, 86 Main Street
Isle Of Whithorn, 12 Main Street
Isle Of Whithorn, 14 Main Street
Castlewigg Steading, Principal Range
Bruce Street, Museum And Custodian's House And Boundary Walls
17 George Street, The Central Cafe
89 George Street
111-113 (Odd Nos) George Street
137 George Street
56 George Street
108 George Street
130 George Street
Whithorn Manse
Isle Of Whithorn, 80 Main Street
Isle Of Whithorn, Isle Castle
Isle Of Whithorn, Harbour Row, Warehouses Including Isle Smugglers
11 George Street
28 George Street
52-54 (Even Nos) George Street
94 George Street
120 George Street
Whithorn Parish Church, (Church Of Scotland) And Graveyard
Isle Of Whithorn, 5 Tonderghie Road
Tonderghie House
Isle Of Whithorn, 16 Main Street
Broughton Mains Farmhouse
Isle Of Whithorn, Harbour
7-9 (Odd Nos) George Street
103-105 (Odd Nos) George Street
6 George Street
16-18 (Even Nos) George Street
34 George Street
36 And 38 George Street
Isle Of Whithorn, 20 Main Street
Isle Of Whithorn, 62 Main Street
Isle Of Whithorn, 64 Main Street
Isle Of Whithorn, 72-74 (Even Nos) Main Street
Isle Of Whithorn, 82 Main Street
Isle Of Whithorn, 3 Tonderghie Road
Isle Of Whithorn, Harbour Row, Harbour House, The Wigtown Bay Sailing Club
Castlewigg Castle
5 George Street
19 George Street, The Royal Bank Of Scotland
99 George Street
125-127 (Odd Nos) George Street
129 George Street
70 And 72 George Street
124 George Street
Isle Of Whithorn, 58 Main Street
Tonderghie Steadings
Isle Of Whithorn, St Ninians Kirk
Isle Of Whithorn, 13 Main Street, Captain's Garden, Formerly Sea View
29 George Street And Walled Garden
87 George Street
4 George Street
George Street, The Grapes Hotel
22 And 24 George Street
42-44 (Even Nos) George Street
92 George Street
104 George Street
106 George Street
128 George Street
27 St John Street, "The Neuk" And Boundary Walls
Isle Of Whithorn, 22 Main Street, The Queens Arms
Castlewigg Hotel
Isle Of Whithorn, Isle Farm
Isle Of Whithorn, 5 Main Street
Isle Of Whithorn, 88 Main Street
13-15 (Odd Nos) George Street
75 George Street, Registrar's Office
97 George Street
20 George Street
62-64 (Even Nos) George Street
Post Office, 68 George Street
100 George Street
110 George Street
116 George Street
22 St John Street, St John's Garage (Former Up Church)
Isle Of Whithorn, 60 Main Street
Isle Of Whithorn, Sea Breeze And Rosnay, With Sea Wall
Isle Of Whithorn, 56 Main Street
Isle Of Whithorn, 18 Main Street
George Street, St Martin And St Ninian Roman Catholic Church, Including Quadrant Walls
Charles Lockhart (1818-1905) - petroleum producer an refiner, he wis born in Cairnheid, Isle o Whithorn. He co-foondit in 1874 wi John D. Rockefeller o the Standard Oil Company successor (Esso).[5]
Alastair Reid (1926-2014) - poet an scholart o Sooth American literatur.[6]
George Dickie (1912-1951) - kent as Jack Brent an aw, he focht in the Spaingie Ceevil War again the forces o Francisco Franco. A memorial plaque wis unveilt neist til the Pend whaur he aine wrocht as an assistant. His story is telt bi his neffae, John Dickie, in the 2012 biography Geordie's Story: A life of Jack Brent.[7]Archived 2020-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
Jeannie Donnan (1864-1942) - "The Galloway Poetess" wis born in Gaithoose o Fleet bit later flittit tae Whithorn whaur she bade on George Street an whaur she is commemoratit bi a plaque.
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Seal o the Burgh o Whithorn
Remeens o the Priory Nave at Whithorn
The Monreith Cross in the Whithorn Museum
Whithorn War Memorial
St Martin and St Ninian Church, George Street
