Whithorn
Sign in to saveWhithorn (; ), is a royal burgh in the historic county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about south of Wigtown. The town was the location of the first recorded Christian church in Scotland, "White/Shining House", built by Saint Ninian about 397 CE.
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Whithorn
- UK place.static_image_name
- File:Whithorn (21553098639).jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- St Ninians's Priory Church
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NX445405
- UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi
- 97
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 285
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Dumfries and Galloway
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Wigtownshire
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Dumfries and Galloway
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Galloway and West Dumfries
- UK place.post_town
- NEWTON STEWART
- UK place.postcode_district
- DG8
- UK place.postcode_area
- DG
- UK place.dial_code
- 01988
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Article
12 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- Early history
- The crozier
- Churches
- Geography
- Railway
- Listed buildings
- Gallery
- Residents
- See also
- Notes and references
- External links
Whithorn (; ), is a royal burgh in the historic county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, about south of Wigtown. The town was the location of the first recorded Christian church in Scotland, "White/Shining House", built by Saint Ninian about 397 CE.
==Toponymy== thumb|left|Mention of Whithorn (as ) in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle There is a tradition that Ninian built a church of stone and lime nearby in the late 4th century; it was called , 'White/Shining House'. "Whithorn" is a modern form of the Anglo-Saxon version of this name, or , 'White House'. In Gallovidian Gaelic, it was called , or , the latter a version of the Anglo-Saxon name (Gaelic has no sound corresponding to English wh). Ninian dedicated the church to his master Martin of Tours, and when he died (probably in 432) Ninian was buried in the church.