Place-Names: W

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’
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