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WHITBERRY, small promontory at west side of the Tyne's estuary, 3 miles north-west of Dunbar, Haddingtonshire.

WHITBURGH, seat in Humbie parish, Haddingtonshire.

WHITBURN, town and parish in south-west of Linlithgowshire. The town stands Similes south-west of Bathgate, is well-built, and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Linlithgowshire, a railway station, a banking office, Established, Free, and United Presbyterian churches, and a public school. Pop. 1200. The parish contains also Crofthead town, Fauldhouse and Longridge villages, and part of Blackburn. Its length is 6J miles ; its greatest breadth fully 4 miles; its area 9775 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 27,918. Pop., quoad civilia, 6326; quoad sacra, 2393. The surface is comparatively low and level, but includes a considerable extent of moor and moss. The rocks are carboniferous, abound in coal and iron-stone, and are very extensively worked. Chief seats are Polkemmet, Berryhill, Mosshall, Culthouse, Fauldhouse, Crofthead, Craighead, and Burnhead. Established and Roman Catholic churches are at Fauldhouse, and a Free church is at Crofthead.

WHITEBRIDGE, place, with post office under Inverness.

WHITECAIRNS, place, with post office under Aberdeen.

WHITECAMP, farm, with remains of Roman camp, in Crawford parish, Lanarkshire.

WHITE CART.

WHITECASTLE, ruined ancient fort at hill-pass in Garvald parish, Haddingtonshire.

WHITECASTLE, knoll, with remains of ancient military station, in Applegarth parish, Dumfriesshire.

WHITECASTLE, hill in Carmichael parish, Lanarkshire.

WHITECASTLE, vestige of ancient fort on Muck Island, Inner Hebrides.

WHITE CAVE, curious stalactitic cave on coast of Slains parish, Aberdeenshire.

WHITECLEUGH, lands, with limework, in Crawfordjohn parish, Lanarkshire.

WHITECOOM, mountain summit, 2J miles north-east of Hartfell summit, and 1 miles north-east of Moffat, Dumfriesshire. It has an altitude of 2695 feet, and commands a very extensive view.

WHITE COVE, lofty, extensive, echoing cavern on coast of Rerrick parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.

WHITE ESK.

WHITEFACE, place in Criech parish, Sutherland. It has a post office desi-- nated of Sutherlandshire.

WHITEFARLAND, place, 6} miles south of Catacol, on west coast of Arran Island Buteshire.

WHITEFAUGH, hamlet in Carrington parish, Edinburghshire.

WHITEFLAT, rich mineral field adjacent to Whifflet, Lanarkshire.

WHITEFORD, estate in Abbey-Paisley parish, Renfrewshire.

WHITEHALL, village in north-west of Stronsay Island, Orkney.

WHITEHALL, town section around site of ancient royal palace in Dundee.

WHITEHALL, fine cascade on Duncow burn in Kirkmahoe parish, Dumfriesshire.

WHITEHAUGH, seat on the Don in Tullynessle parish, Aberdeenshire.

WHITEHAUGH, burn in Muirkirk parish, Ayrshire.

WHITEHILL, village adjacent to colliery, 2 miles east-by-south of Dalkeith, Edinburghshire. Pop. 236.

WHITEHILL, seat and lunatic asylum, 4 miles south-south-west of Dalkeith, Edinburghshire. The asylum was projected in 1871, and is a district one for Mid-Lothian and Peebles.

WHITEHILL, village in St. Cyrus parish, Kincardineshire.

WHITEHILL, village in New Deer parish, Aberdeenshire. It has a United Presbyterian church and a large public school.

WHITEHILL, place, with remains of Roman camp, and ruins of ancient fort, in Lamington parish, Lanarkshire.

WHITEHILL, place on north border of St. Mungoparish, Dumfriesshire.

WHITEHILLS, fishing village, 2 miles west-north-west of Banff. It has a post office under Banff and a large public school. Pop. 920.

WHITEHILLS, quondam castle on Lunan rivulet, in Kinnell parish, Forfarshire.

WHITEHOLM, farm, with remains of Caledonian stone circle, in Tundergarth parish, Dumfriesshire.

WHITEHOPE, mountain, 2038 feet high, 6 miles north-east of Peebles.

WHITEHOPE, affluent of the Hermitage in Castleton parish, Roxburghshire.

WHITEHOUSE, place, 3 miles east-by-south of Alford, Aberdeenshire. It has a post office under Aberdeen and a railway station.

WHITEHOUSE, place on east side of Arran Island, Buteshire.

WHITEHOUSE, place on south-east side of West Loch Tarbert, Argyleshire. It has a post office under Greenock, an inn, and a public school.

WHITEINCH, suburban town on the Clyde, 3 miles west of Royal Exchange, Glasgow. It is all quite recent, communicates by tramway with Glasgow, and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, under Glasgow, a quoad sacra parochial church, Free and United Presbyterian churches, and a public school. Pop. of quoad sacra parish, 4468.


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