Official Name: | Whitsome |
Country: | Scotland |
Os Grid Reference: | NT859504 |
Edinburgh Distance Mi: | 40 |
London Distance Mi: | 305 |
Unitary Scotland: | Scottish Borders |
Lieutenancy Scotland: | Berwickshire |
Coordinates: | 55.7489°N -2.2175°W |
Constituency Westminster: | Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk |
Constituency Scottish Parliament: | Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire |
Post Town: | DUNS |
Postcode District: | TD11 |
Postcode Area: | TD |
Whitsome is a small rural village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B6437, near Duns, Fogo, Ladykirk, Leitholm and Swinton.
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: