WESTRAY, firth, island, and parish in north-west of Orkney. The firth is a sound 11 miles long and from 3J to 7 miles wide, and separates Westray and Eday on the north-east from Rousay and Egilshay on the south-west. The island extends 9J miles from north-west to south-east ; consists of a central part measuring 4 miles by 3f , a narrow peninsula thence northward, and a long narrow peninsula south-eastward ; lies, at its nearest part, 10 J miles north-north-east of northern extremity of Pomona ; has mostly rocky coasts, partly precipitous and cavernous ; is chiefly level in the south-east, but rises into considerably high hills in the north-west ; and contains a post office, with money order department, under KirkwalL Pierowall village, Cleat House, Nothland ruined castle, and a number of standing-stones and Picts' houses. Pop. 2195. The parish comprehends also Papa-Westray Island and some pastoral isles. Real property in 1880-81, 4921. Pop. 2545. The churches are Established, United Presbyterian, and Baptist in Westray, and Free in Papa-Westray. Four schools, all new, for 420 scholars are in the parish.
WESTRUTHER, village and parish in west of Berwickshire. The village stands 7 miles east-by-north of Lauder; made some figure in the times of the Border feuds; and now has a post office under Gordon, Established and Free churches, and a public school with about 115 scholars. The parish contains also Hounslow village, measures 7 miles by 5J, and comprises 14,630 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 9891. ^ Pop. 671. The south-western section is valley ; the south-eastern one is low hill-range, with sloping sides ; and the northern one is part of the Lammermoors, with summits from 1246 to 1466 feet high. The seats are Bassendean, Spottiswoode, and Wedderlie ; and the antiquities are two huge cairns, vestiges of a Roman camp, a peel-tower, a ruined ancient church, and sites of several other peel towers and two churches. There are 3 schools for 205 scholars, and 1 of them for 75 is new.
WESTSHIEL, mineral field in Carnwath parish, Lanarkshire.
WESTSIDE, seat in Rousay Island, Orkney.
WEST-THIRD, section of Smailholm village, Roxburghshire.
WEST THORN, seat and Roman Catholic reformatory, near Parkhead, in eastern vicinity of Glasgow.
WEST WATER, rivulet, running about 16 miles south-eastward to the North Esk at 4 miles north-by-east of Brechin, Forfarshire.
WEST WATER, affluent of the Medwin in Dunsyre parish, Lanarkshire.
WEYDALE, hamlet, 3 miles south-by-east of Thurso, Caithness. It has a post office under Thurso, and a public school.
WHALEFIRTH, sea-inlet in north-west of Yell Island, Shetland. It is about 2 miles wide at the entrance, and it goes nearly 4 miles east-south-eastward.
WHALSAY, island, 16 miles north-north-east of Lerwick, in Shetland. It measures about 5 miles by 2, consists of uneven but tolerably fertile land, exhibits a well-cultivated appearance, and has a post office under Lerwick, a proprietorial mansion built at a cost of 20,000, and a quoad sacra parochial church. Pop. of island, 870 ; of quoad sacra parish, 1018.
WHANGIE, chasm, 346 feet long and from 2J to 10J feet wide, on trap-rock hill, 6 miles south-south-east of Drymen, Stirlingshire.
WHAPLAW, rivulet, running about 6 miles southward to the Leader at 2J miles north of Lauder, Berwickshire.
WHARE, burn, running south-south-eastward to the Whitadder near Abbey St. Bathans, Berwickshire.
WHAUK, affluent of the Lunan in Kin-neli parish, Forfarshire.
WHAUPHILL, place, 3| miles south of Wigton. It has a post office designated of Wigtonshire, and a railway station.
WHIFFLET, section of Rosehall town, about a mile south of Coatbridge, Lanarkshire. It has a post office, with money order department, under Coatbridge, a railway station, extensive coal depots, and a Roman Catholic church. A branch junction railway, 4 miles long, from Whifflet to a point about 400 yards north of Bothwell station, was opened in 1879.
WHIGHOLE, artificial trench, a hiding-place of the persecuted Covenanters, on hill in Dairy parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.
WHIM, seat on north border of Newlands parish, Peeblesshire.
WHINES, hamlet in Ruthven parish, Forfarshire.
WHINION, lake in Twynholm parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.
WHINNY, hill in Carnock parish, Fife.
WHINNYFOLD, village in Cruden parish, Aberdeenshire.
WHINNYLEGGATE, place in Kirkcudbright parish, Kirkcudbrightshire. It has a post office, with money order department, under Kirkcudbright, and a public school.
WHINNYRIG, little hill in St. Mungo parish, Dumfriesshire.
WHINS-OF-MILTON, village, \ mile west of Bannockburn, Stirlingshire. Pop. 392.
WHISGILLS, farm, with vast cairn, mostly of very large stones, in Castleton parish, Roxburghshire.
WHISTLEBERRY, remains of old castle in Kinneff parish, Kincardineshire.
WHISTLEFIELD, spot at crown of ridge between Garelochhead and Loch Long, in Dumbartonshire. It commands a very striking view.
WHITADDER, river, running about 35 miles curvingly south-eastward to the Tweed at 2^ miles west-south-west of Berwick. Nearly half of its course is among the Lammermoors ; nearly another half is in the Merse ; and the last 2 miles are within England. Its aggregate descent is ^ about 1000 feet, but is effected in runs without leaps or rapids.
