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whithorn

Early English musical instrument of the oboe type, made of willow bark with a double reed of material from the same tree. It was formerly used in Oxfordshire for the Whit-Monday hunt.

Whithorn

Town and former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway unitary authority, Scotland, 18 km/11 mi south of Wigtown; population (2001) 1,000. Whithorn and Isle of Whithorn, a small port on Wigtown Bay lying 7 km/4 mi to the southeast, are associated with St Ninian, Scotland's earliest Christian missionary and bishop, who landed nearby around 397.

Candida Casa, his monastery and burial place, became a place of pilgrimage for many hundreds of years. Whithorn Priory, now in ruins, was built in the 12th century, and St Ninian's Chapel, founded in the 13th century, still stands at Isle of Whithorn. St Ninian's Cave lies on Port Castle Bay 4 km/2.5 mi to the southwest.
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WHITHORN DISCOVERY The Christian conversion of Britain came from the north and the south.
FRANCIS WOOD; CHURCH MATTERS by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
A spokesman said: "Jolly was told in advance that he might be excluded from Whithorn to give him the chance to find alternative accommodation.
ASBO boy kicked out by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)
Edmunds also suffered a broken nose and facial injuries when unshipped by the unraced Whithorn on the way to the start of the 6f maiden.
Horse Racing: Shattered knee likely to keep Edmunds out for summer by The Racing Post (London, England)
 
 
 
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