Hello I was looking on the internet about Whithope and your query came up. My father William Welsh was born and brought up at Whithope, near Roberton, Hawick. The place is no longer inhabited as far as I know but the reference to look at on multi map is Location: United Kingdom Grid ref: NT439129 Postcode district: TD9 7xx (map centre) X: 344000m Y: 613000m Lat: 55:24:28N (55.4077) Lon: 2:53:10W (-2.886) My father is nearly 90 and may still have some memories or information about the place. Irene Faith Irene Faith Director Eden Arts 1 Sandgate Penrith Cumbria CA11 7TP Tel 01768 899444 Fax 01768 895920 email:HYPERLINK "mailto:irene.faith@edenarts.co.uk"irene.faith@edenarts.co.uk or: HYPERLINK "BLOCKED::mailto:enquiries@edenarts.co.uk"enquiries@edenarts.co.uk web: HYPERLINK "BLOCKED::http://www.edenarts.co.uk"www.edenarts.co.uk This email and any attachments may contain confidential information and is intended only for the named recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender immediately and destroy this email and any attachments. Any unauthorised disclosure, copying or distribution is expressly prohibited and may be unlawful. Eden Arts does not accept liability for any virus introduced by this email or any attachment and you are advised to use up-to-date virus checking software. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.407 / Virus Database: 268.12.9/458 - Release Date: 27/09/2006