WALLACETOWN, quoad sacra parish, with Established and Free churches, in Dundee. Pop. 3525.
WALLHOUSE, seat in Torphichen parish, Linlithgowshire.
WALLIFORD.
WALLPATH, alpine pass in Lowther Mountains, on mutual border of Dumfriesshire and Lanarkshire, 8 miles north of Thornhill. It was traversed by a Eoman road, and it contains vestiges of a Roman camp.
WALLS, parish, containing Longhope post office and harbour, in south-west of Orkney. It comprehends the southern or larger section of Hoy Island, and all Flotta and Pharay islands, and measures, within Hoy, 1\ miles by 6J. Real property in 1880-81, 2486. Pop. 1506. Chief features are noticed in our articles on Hoy, Longhope, Flotta, and Pharay. The churches are 2 Established and 1 Free, and the latter was founded in 1877. There are 5 schools for 289 scholars, and 2 of them for 127 are new.
WALLS, hamlet and parish in west of Shetland. The hamlet lies at head of a bay 16 miles, as the crow flies, west-north-west of Lerwick, and has a post office under Lerwick. The parish comprehends a portion of Mainland, measuring about 1\ miles by 5, and the islands of Papa-Stour, Vaila, Linga, and Foula. Real property in 1880-81, 2083. Pop. 2262. The Mainland portion comprises the districts of Walls-proper and Sandness ; lies be-tween St. Magnus Bay on the north, and Scalloway Bay on the south ; has mostly a rocky coast, much indented by bays, and rising in many parts to a height of 100 feet ; and is much diversified by a considerable bisecting hill-ridge and many small eminences. The churches are 4 Established and 3 respectively Free, Congregational, and Methodist ; and public schools are at Happyhansel and Papa.
WALLSEND, deep and very productive colliery in Dunferrnline parish, Fife.
WALLSHOTHILL, section of Cambuslang, Lanarkshire. Pop. 669.
WALLYFORD, collier village, IJmile east of Musselburgh, Edinburghshire. Pop. 280.
WALSTON, parish immediately north-west of Dolphinton, and averagely 5 miles north-north-east of Biggar, Lanarkshire. Its post town is Biggar ; and it contains the small villages of Walston and Ellsrickle, measures 3J miles by 3, and com-prises 4361 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 3518. Pop. 340. The surface ranges from 660 to 1600 feet of elevation above sea-level, and is variously vale, slope, and hill. The churches are Established and Free, and the public school has about 47 scholars.
WALTON, hamlet, hill, and remains of ancient camp in Cults parish, Fife.
WALTON, lake-like reservoir in Neilston parish, Renfrewshire.
WALTON, one of three spots assigned as site of eastern termination of Antoninus' Wall, in Carriden parish, Linlithgowshire.
WAMPHERFLAT, seat near Lanark.
WAMPHRAY, rivulet, village, and parish in Upper Annandale, Dumfriesshire. The rivulet rises among mountains near boundary with Selkirkshire ; runs 9 miles southward and south-westward to the Annan at 6J miles south of Moffat ; and makes three cascades, called Pot, Washing-Pan, and Dubbs-Cauldron. The village stands on lowmost reach of the rivulet, 5 miles south-by-east of Beafctock ; is a scattered but pleasant place ; includes the site of an ancient fortalice of the John-stones, celebrated in the ballad of the ' Lads of Wamphray ; ' and has a post office under Moffat, Established and United Presbyterian churches, and a public school with about 76 scholars. The parish measures 6f miles by 3|, and com-prises 13,133 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 7074. Pop. 455. The Annan river traces all the western boundary, and Wamphray rivulet bisects the interior. Two parallel mountain-reaches are in the north-east, two hill-ridges are in the south-east, and hanging plains and valley-grounds occupy the rest of the area. Chief seats are Girthhead, Stenrieshill, and Millhouses ; and chief antiquities are a reach of Roman road, vestiges of several camps, and site of a Caledonian stone circle.
WANDELL, ancient parish in upper ward of Lanarkshire. It has a burn, and vestiges of an old seat of its own name, and is now annexed to Lamington.
WANGIE, wooded hill in Dallas parish, Elginshire.
WANLOCK, mountain-stream, running 4J miles north-westward to confluence with the Spango on north-east border of Sanquhar parish, Dumfriesshire.
WANLOCKHEAD, mining village at head of Wanlock stream, 8J miles east-north-east of Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. It adjoins the mountain boundary with Lanarkshii-e ; stands amid wild, high moorlands of the Southern Highlands ; resembles Leadhills, 1J mile to the north of it ; and has a post office under Abington, a quoad sacra parochial church, and a Free church. Pop. of village, 788 ; of quoad sacra parish, 854.
WARD, fishing village in Cruden parish, Aberdeenshire.
WARD, hill in Canisbay parish, Caithness.
WARD, hill, 1559 feet high, in north of Hoy, Orkney.
WARD, hill in Bressay Island, Shetland.
WARDHOUSE, railway station and seat, 14f miles west-north-west of Inverury, Aberdeenshire.
WARDIE, eastern suburb of Granton, 2J miles north-north-west of Edinburgh. A large Free church bearing its name, but standing-f mile south of it, was erected in 1880-81.
