| PLACE-NAMES | SUGGESTED MEANING |
|---|---|
| Waterhead castle and Waterhead farm | headwaters of River Nith |
| Waterside | |
| 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 | |
| Witch Knowe and Witch Pool | Witches meeting place |
| PLACE-NAME | SUGGESTED MEANING |
