| PLACE-NAMES | SUGGESTED MEANING |
|---|---|
| Waterhead, Waterhead Castle | SSE water ‘water, stream’ + SSE head ‘head’ Place-Name: Waterhead + SSE castle ‘castle’ |
| Waterside | SSE water ‘water, stream’ + SSE side ‘side’ |
| Watson Burn | |
| Watsonburn | |
| Wedder Hill | Scots wedder ‘castrated sheep’ + SSE hill ‘hill’ |
| Wee Craig Knowe | |
| Wee Glen Burn | |
| Wee Pathead, Wee Pathhead | Scots wee ‘small, smaller’ SSE path ‘path’ SSE head ‘head , top of’ |
| Weeshiel Craig | Scots wee ‘small, smaller’ Scots shiel ‘rough shelter for sheep or cattle and their herds’ Scots craig ‘rock,craig’ |
| Wellhill , Wellhill Tile Works, Wellhill T.P. | |
| West Burn | |
| West Lowes | SSE west ‘west, westerly’ + Place-Names: LoweS |
| West Polquhirter | SSE west ‘west, westerly’ + Place-Names: Polquhirter |
| West Strand | |
| Whig Hole | Whig hole ‘Hiding place for Covenanters’ |
| White Hill | |
| White Knowe | |
| White Knowes | |
| Whitehill | |
| Whitelaysyke | SSE white ‘white’ + S. lay ‘fallow land’ S. sike ‘slow sluggish stream’ |
| White Stones Hill | |
| Windy Edge | S. windy ‘place exposed to wind’ S. edge ‘crest of a sharp ridge’ |
| Witch Knowe and Witch Pool | SSE witch ‘witch’ S. knowe ‘hillock’ SSE witch ‘witch’ S. pool ‘pool’ possibly a place of judgement / execution |
| PLACE-NAME | SUGGESTED MEANING |
| Abbreviations: G. Gaelic, S. Scots, SSE Standard Scottish English, W. Welsh |