WAUGH, summit of long hill-ridge in Keir parish, Dumfriesshire.
WAUKMILL, village in Glammis parish, Forfarshire.
WAWS, small lake in Lochwinnoch parish, Renfrewshire.
WAYGATESHAW, seat in Carluke parish, Lanarkshire.
WEATHERHOLM, pastoral islet near Unst, Shetland.
WEATHERLAW, hill on north border of Linton parish, Peeblesshire.
WEATHERNESS, headland in south-east of Westray Island, Orkney.
WEAVERS, conspicuous fragment of ancient castle on small island in southern extremity of South Uist parish, Outer Hebrides.
WEDALE, lower part or whole of Gala river vale in Edinburghshire. The name signifies ' vale of woe,' and has long ceased to be used.
WEDDERBURN, seat near Dunse, Berwickshire.
WEDDERBURN, vestige of ancient castle in Murroes parish, Forfarshire.
WEDDERLIE, decayed mansion and quondam village in Westruther parish, Berwickshire.
WEEM, village and parish in north-west of Perthshire. The village stands on the Tay, about a mile north-west of Aberfeldy, and has a hotel, a parochial church of 1835, an ancient church with curious monument, and a public school with about 61 scholars. The parish contains also six other small villages, comprehends eleven sections, all detached from one another, lies dispersed over nearly one-fourth of the county, and comprises 41,887 acres. Keal property in 1880-81, 6201. Pop. quoad civilia, 474. Weem-proper is much the more populous section, extends about 1J mile along north bank of the Tay, and forms a richly embellished portion of the Tay's strath. The other ten sections share almost every feature of the county, but have aggregately a predominance of mountain and waste ; and only three of them are included in the parish quoad sacra. Chief seats are Castle Menzies and Auchmore.
WEEMS, quondam old castle in Rescobie parish, Forfarshire.
WEEMS, Fife.
WEEMS-HOLE, large artificial ancient cave on Mearns Hill, in Kirriemuir parish, Forfarshire.
WEESDALE, bay, hamlet, and ancient parish in Shetland. The bay opens near northern extremity of Scalloway Bay, and strikes 4i miles to the north-north-east. The hamlet lies at the bay's head, 12 miles north-west of Lerwick, and has a post office under Lerwick, and a Free church. The parish is now united to Tingwall.
WEIR, sound and island immediately south of Rousay, in Orkney. The sound is from mile to 2 miles wide ; and the island flanks its south side, measures 2 miles in length, and fully 1 in breadth, is low and fertile, and has ruins of a church andvestiges of a fort.
WEIR, rising-ground, crowned by parochial church, in west of Melrose parish, Roxburghshire.
WEIR (BRIDGE OF).
WELLBANK, estate in Monifieth parish, Forfarshire. It has a post office under Dundee, and a very old extensive pavement-flag quarry.
WELLBURN, suburb of Lochee, Forfarshire.
WELLFIELD, seat near Strathmiglo, in Fife.
WELLMEADOW, place, with printfield and bleachfield, in Mearns parish, Renfrewshire.
WELL PARE, quoad sacra parish, with Established and Free churches, in north-east of Glasgow. Pop. 6362.
WELL PARK, quoad sacra parish, with church of 1877, in east of Greenock, Renfrewshire.
WELLS, estate in Bedrule parish, Roxburghshire.
WELLSBURNSPOUT, cascade of about 56 feet in Eskdalemuir parish, Dumfriesshire.
WELLSHOT, seat and extensive early-worked colliery in Cambuslang parish, Lanarkshire.
WELLSHOT, copious pure spring in Kilsyth parish, Stirlingshire.
WELL-TREE'S SPOUT, spring, emitting a powerful stream, in Maybole parish, Ayrshire.
WELLWOOD, village and colliery in Dunfermline parish, Fife. Pop. 617.
WELLWOOD-ROW, village in Muirkirk parish, Ayrshire.
WEMYSS, parish, containing West Wemyss and Buckhaven towns, and East Wemyss, Methil, Methilhill, Kirkland, and Coaltown villages, on south coast of Fife. Its length is 5 miles ; its greatest breadth 2 miles; its area 4732 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 25,777. Pop., quoad civilia, 7307; quoad sacra, 3808. The coast is all very rocky and partly cavernous. The interior rises with gentle slope to the north and the west, and presents a pleasant appearance. The rocks are carboniferous, and include twelve workable seams of coal. The land was part of the estate of Macduff, belongs now to his remote descendant, R. G. E. Wemyss, Esq., and gives the title of baron and earl to the family of Douglas. Wemyss Castle, the chief seat of the proprietor, stands on a sea-cliff 1\ miles north-east of Dysart, and is a splendid edifice, partly ancient, partly modern. Chief antiquities are ruins of an old castle, commonly called Macduff's, and remains of two Romish chapels. The churches are 3 Established, 2 Free, and 1 United Presbyterian. There are 9 schools for 1404 scholars, and 1 of them and an enlargement for 374 are new.
