Whitsome

Whitsome

Whitsome is a small rural village in the Scottish Borders.

Place-name meaning

Whitsome derives from Old English "hwit-husum" "at the white houses". This may refer to white stone buildings, or houses painted white. The name has been recorded as the following over the centuries:
* "æt hwitum husum" , 984 (literally "at the white houses, -um being dative plural).
* "Huuithusum", 1038 (double u was written since "w" could not be pronounced by the author)
* "Witsum", 1124 (contracted form)

Main roads

Whitsome is on the B6437.


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