Talk:Whithorn

It is becoming fairly urgent for someone knowledgeable to contribute about the recent history of Whithorn: the main street, until recently verging on the derelict, is becoming prettied up and gentrified, and there are rumours that a lot of EU money has hit town. Unless its preceding history is recorded it may be lost. Deipnosophista 21:57, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

I notice "Isle of Whithorn" re-directs to "Whithorn" and, the way the Whithorn entry is written, it sounds like the Isle of Whithorn is part of Whithorn. In fact, the two places are separate and distinct. I am not a local, but my father and his family came from the Isle and I know the two separate places. As far as I know, it's called an "Isle" because, when there is a very high tide, it floods the road and isolates the land at the far end of the village. User:TheJohnFleming 12:42, 22nd October 2007 (UTC)

I beleive it's actually called the isle because it used to be an island. A causeway was built connecting it to the mainland, and houses were eventually built on this causeway. I agree that it definately needs a separate article - although it shares the name of Whithorn, it is not the same town. Fionnlaoch (talk) 13:32, 21 June 2008 (UTC)

This article is awful
I came here to learn something about Whithorn. I find an unsourced ramble about its ecclesiastical history with special note on etymological pedantry. I still know nothing about Whithorn. Useless, worthless, and in no way encyclopedic.

Delete this, or improve it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.149.137.24 (talk) 00:35, 27 April 2008 (UTC)


 * You tell 'em! Deacon of Pndapetzim ( Talk ) 01:01, 27 April 2008 (UTC)

Toponymy
Rosnat may not be at Whithorn so perhaps should be reviewed.Felix Folio Secundus (talk) 12:46, 27 March 2009 (UTC)

Port claims to be first centre of Christianity in Scotland
--Mais oui! (talk) 09:14, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
 * http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Port-claims-to-be-first.5642959.jp