Whitsome
# Whitsome

Whitsome is a small rural village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, on the B6437, near Duns, Fogo, Ladykirk, Leitholm and Swinton.

## Place-name meaning

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:

* æt hwitum husum, 984 (literally "at the white houses, -um being dative plural).
* Huuithusum, 1038 (double u was written since "w" could not be pronounced by the author)
* Witsum, 1124 (contracted form)
