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|text='''Whithorn''' is a town and royal burgh in [[Wigtownshire]], standing on the coast about ten miles south of Wigtown. The town was the location of the first recorded Christian church in northern Britain, named ''Candida Casa''; the 'White House', built by Saint Ninian in 397 and set into the English of that age as ''Hwitærn''. | |text='''Whithorn''' is a town and royal burgh in [[Wigtownshire]], standing on the coast about ten miles south of Wigtown. The town was the location of the first recorded Christian church in northern Britain, named ''Candida Casa''; the 'White House', built by Saint Ninian in 397 and set into the English of that age as ''Hwitærn''. | ||
Whithorn's link to the sea was the port known as the Isle of Whithorn, which was much used in the Middle Ages by pilgrims arriving by boat. The thirteenth century St Ninian's Chapel marked the point where pilgrims came ashore}}<noinclude> | Whithorn's link to the sea was the port known as the Isle of Whithorn, which was much used in the Middle Ages by pilgrims arriving by boat. The thirteenth century St Ninian's Chapel marked the point where pilgrims came ashore.}}<noinclude> | ||
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