WHITEKIRK, hamlet and parish on north coast of Haddingtonshire. The hamlet lies 8| miles north-north-east of Haddington, and has a parochial church and a public school. The parish contains also Tynninghame post office village, measures 5J miles by 4J, and comprises 6195 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 12,456. Pop. 1051. The Tyne crosses the north-eastern section, and its estuary forms thence the eastern boundary. The coast extends thence about 4 miles north-north-westward from Whitberry Head to Tantallon Castle, and is partly sandy, partly a range of rugged cliffs. The interior is low, and mostly level or sloping, but rises slowly to two small bordering hills. The mansions are Tynninghame House, Newbyth, and Seacliff ; the first the seat of the Earl of Haddington, the second the seat of Sir David Baird, Bart. There are 3 public schools with aggregately about 235 scholars.
WHITEKNOW, seat in Hutton parish, Dumfriesshire.
WHITELAW, one of the Cheviot Hills in Morebattle parish, Roxburghshire.
WHITELETS, village, 1 mile north-east of Ayr. It has a post office under Ayr, and a public school with about 110 scholars. Pop. 588.
WHITE LOCH, lake in Blairgowrie parish, Perthshire.
WHITE LOCH, lake in Carnwath parish, Lanarkshire.
WHITE LOCH, lake in Mearns parish, Renfrewshire.
WHITE LOCH, lake in Mochrum parish, Wigtonshire.
WHITEMILL, headland in north of Sanday Island, Orkney.
WHITEMIRE, village in Dyke parish, Elginshire.
WHITEMOSS, lake in Dunning parish, Perthshire.
WHITEMOSS, residence in eastern vicinity of East Kilbride, Lanarkshire.
WHITENESS, hamlet and ancient parish in Shetland. The hamlet lies 7 miles north-north-west of Lerwick, and has a post office under Lerwick, and an Established church. The parish is now united to Tingwall.
WHITENHEAD, promontorial headland, 1345 feet high, with large remarkable caverns on much of its sea front, at east side of mouth of Loch Eriboll, in north of Sutherland.
WHITERASHES, hamlet in Udny parish, Aberdeenshire. It has an Episcopalian church, and a public school with about 69 scholars.
WHITERASHES, hamlet in New Machar parish, Aberdeenshire. It has a post office under Aberdeen, and a public school with about 78 scholars.
WHITERIGG, place, 2J miles east north-east of Airdrie, Lanarkshire. It has a post office under Airdrie, and a railway station.
WHITERIGG, estate in Ayton parish, Berwickshire.
WHITERIGGS, seat, 4 miles north-east of Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire.
WHITESHAW, estate in Carluke parish, Lanarkshire.
WHITESIDE, hill, with vestiges of ancient camp, in Newlands parish, Peeblesshire.
WHITESIDE, farm, with remains of ancient Caledonian stone circle, in Tullynessle parish, Aberdeenshire.
WHITESTRIPES, place, with public school, in Old Machar parish, Aberdeenshire.
WHITEVALE, north-eastern suburb of Glasgow.
WHITE WATER, head-stream of the South Esk, in Forfarshire.
WHITEWELL, seat in Tannadice parish, Forfarshire.
WHITE WOOLLEN, lofty verdant hill, with extensive view, adjacent to Lockerby, Dumfriesshire.
WHITFIELD, place, with limeworks, in Lintpn parish, Peeblesshire.
WHITHORN, town and parish in Machers district, Wigtonshire. The town stands 11 miles by road, but 12 by railway, south of Wigton ; took its name of Whithorn or Whithern, formerly Candida-Casa or Leucophibia, from the first ' white church,' or church of stone and lime, ever built in Scotland ; was the capital of the Caledonian Novantes, the birth-place of St. Ninian, the seat of an early Culdee establishment, the place of a famous priory of 12th century, the pristine seat of the bishopric of Galloway, and a crowded resort of pilgrims throughout the Romish times ; retains a beautiful fragment of its priory, with Saxon arches ; is a royal burgh, uniting with Wigton, Stranraer, and New Galloway in sending a member to Parliament ; comprises a main street about f mile long, with expansion in the middle ; and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Wigtonshire, a terminal railway station, 2 banking offices, a hotel, a steepled town-hall, Established, Free, United Presbyterian, and Reformed. Presbyterian churches, and a public school. Real property in 1880-81, 3374. Pop. 1653. The parish contains also Isle of Whithorn village, measures 8 miles by 4, and comprises 11,891 acres. Real property of landward part in 1880-81, 15,478. Pop. of the whole, 2929. The coast has an extent of 6f miles, is mostly rugged and partly cliff, and includes all Burrow Head promontory. The interior exhibits profusion and diversity of knolls, yet is almost level and mainly arable. Chief residences are Castlerigg and Tonderghie ; and chief antiquities are remains of a Roman camp and several forts. A Free church is at Isle of Whithorn.
