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WHITTINGHAM, village and parish in Haddingtonshire. The village stands 6 miles east of Haddington, and has a post office under Prestonkirk, a parochial church, and a public school. The parish extends southward to boundary with Berwickshire, measures 10J miles by 6, and comprises 15,595 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 9188. Pop. 639. > The northern section is uneven and diversified ; the southern one lies wholly among the Lammermoors ; and about five-eighths of the entire surface are moorish upland. Whittingham House is an elegant mansion ; Whittingham Castle is a very ancient renovated structure, and was the place where Earl Morton and his associates plotted the murder of Darnley. Ruchlaw House is ancient, and Stoneypath and Penshiel Castles are ruins.
