PLACE-NAMES | SUGGESTED MEANING |
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Waterhead castle and Waterhead farm | headwaters of River Nith |
Waterside | water side ‘at the side of a water, river’ |
Watson Burn | |
Watsonburn | |
Wedder Hill | Scots wedder ‘castrated sheep’ |
Wee Craig Knowe | |
Wee Glen Burn | |
Wee Pathhead | |
Weeshiel Craig | |
Wellhill | |
West Burn | |
West Lowes | |
West Polquhirter | |
West Strand | |
Whig Hole | Whig hole ‘Hiding place for Covenanters’ |
White Hill | |
White Knowe | |
White Knowes | |
Whitehill | |
Whitelaysyke | 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 | Witches meeting place |
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