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WHITSOME, village and parish in Merse district, Berwickshire. The village stands 6J miles east-south-east of Dunse, made some figure in the Border wars, and hae a post office under Chirnside, a parochial church, and a public school with capacity for 176 scholars. The parish measures 4 miles by 2|, and comprises 4896 acres. Keal property in 1880-81, 9863. Pop. 560. The surface is partly undulated, mostly flat, and all richly cultivated. The only seat is Laws ; and the chief antiquity is the vestige of a Koman camp.
