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Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh is a registration county
Registration county

A registration county was, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, a statistical unit used for the output of census information. Registration counties were formed by grouping together the registration districts wholly or partly within a county....
 of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. It borders Dumfries
Dumfriesshire

Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries is a registration county of Scotland. The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland of Dumfries has similar boundaries....
 to the west, Selkirk
Selkirkshire

Selkirkshire or the County of Selkirk is a registration county of Scotland. It borders Peeblesshire to the west, Midlothian to the north, Berwickshire to the north-east, Roxburghshire to the east, and Dumfriesshire to the south....
 to the north-west, and Berwick
Berwickshire

Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a registration county, a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland of Scotland, on the border with England....
 to the north. To the south-east it borders Cumbria
Cumbria

Cumbria is a non-metropolitan county in the North West England of England. Cumbria came into existence as a county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
 and Northumberland
Northumberland

Northumberland is a Counties of England in the North East England of England. The non-metropolitan counties of England of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Borders council area to the north, and nearly eighty miles of Nort...
 in England
England

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.

It was named after the Royal Burgh
Royal burgh

A royal burgh was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. Although abolished in 1975, the term is still used in many of the former burghs....
 of Roxburgh
Roxburgh

The destroyed royal burgh of Roxburgh was an important trading burgh in High Middle Ages to early modern period Kingdom of Scotland. In the Middle Ages it had at least as much importance as Edinburgh, Stirling, or Berwick-upon-Tweed, for a time acting as de facto capital ....
. Roxburghshire is now within the Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders , often referred to simply as the Borders, is one of 32 local government Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the Metropolitan and non-metropolit...
 council area
Council Area

Council Area is the name applied by some local authorities in Scotland, to the area over which they have responsibility delegated to them by the Scottish Government....
.
l 1975, Roxburghshire was one of the counties of Scotland
Counties of Scotland

The counties of Scotland were the principal subdivisions of Scotland of Scotland until 1975. Scotland's current Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and registration counties are largely based on them....
, governed by a county council
County council

A County council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries....
 from 1890.






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Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh is a registration county
Registration county

A registration county was, in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, a statistical unit used for the output of census information. Registration counties were formed by grouping together the registration districts wholly or partly within a county....
 of Scotland
Scotland

conventional_long_name = ScotlandAlba|common_name= Scotland|image_flag = Flag of Scotland.svg|flag_width = 130px...
. It borders Dumfries
Dumfriesshire

Dumfriesshire or the County of Dumfries is a registration county of Scotland. The Lieutenancy areas of Scotland of Dumfries has similar boundaries....
 to the west, Selkirk
Selkirkshire

Selkirkshire or the County of Selkirk is a registration county of Scotland. It borders Peeblesshire to the west, Midlothian to the north, Berwickshire to the north-east, Roxburghshire to the east, and Dumfriesshire to the south....
 to the north-west, and Berwick
Berwickshire

Berwickshire or the County of Berwick is a registration county, a committee area of the Scottish Borders Council, and a Lieutenancy areas of Scotland of Scotland, on the border with England....
 to the north. To the south-east it borders Cumbria
Cumbria

Cumbria is a non-metropolitan county in the North West England of England. Cumbria came into existence as a county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
 and Northumberland
Northumberland

Northumberland is a Counties of England in the North East England of England. The non-metropolitan counties of England of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west, County Durham to the south and Tyne and Wear to the south east, as well as having a border with the Scottish Borders council area to the north, and nearly eighty miles of Nort...
 in England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
.

It was named after the Royal Burgh
Royal burgh

A royal burgh was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. Although abolished in 1975, the term is still used in many of the former burghs....
 of Roxburgh
Roxburgh

The destroyed royal burgh of Roxburgh was an important trading burgh in High Middle Ages to early modern period Kingdom of Scotland. In the Middle Ages it had at least as much importance as Edinburgh, Stirling, or Berwick-upon-Tweed, for a time acting as de facto capital ....
. Roxburghshire is now within the Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders , often referred to simply as the Borders, is one of 32 local government Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the Metropolitan and non-metropolit...
 council area
Council Area

Council Area is the name applied by some local authorities in Scotland, to the area over which they have responsibility delegated to them by the Scottish Government....
.

Former status


County

Until 1975, Roxburghshire was one of the counties of Scotland
Counties of Scotland

The counties of Scotland were the principal subdivisions of Scotland of Scotland until 1975. Scotland's current Lieutenancy areas of Scotland and registration counties are largely based on them....
, governed by a county council
County council

A County council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries....
 from 1890. The county council was based in Newtown St Boswells. At the time of the county's abolition in it contained four burgh
Burgh

A Burgh is an Wiktionary:Autonomy corporate entity in Scotland, usually a town. This type of administrative division has existed since the 12th century, when David I of Scotland created the first Royal burghs....
s and four districts:
  • The royal burgh
    Royal burgh

    A royal burgh was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. Although abolished in 1975, the term is still used in many of the former burghs....
     of Jedburgh
  • The burghs of Hawick, Kelso and Melrose
  • The County of Roxburgh Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso and Melrose Districts.


The ancient royal burgh of Roxburgh, from which the county had taken its name, had fallen into decay by the fifteenth century.

District

The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973

The Local Government Act 1973 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, that reformed local government of Scotland in Scotland, on May 16, 1975....
 abolished the county and incorporated its area into the Borders Region. Borders was divided into four districts, one of which was named Roxburgh. Roxburgh District consisted of the former county less the Melrose area (which was included in Ettrick and Lauderdale District), plus the parish of Nenthorn from Berwickshire. The regional and four district councils were abolished in 1996, merging to form the present Scottish Borders
Scottish Borders

The Scottish Borders , often referred to simply as the Borders, is one of 32 local government Council areas of Scotland of Scotland. It is bordered by Dumfries and Galloway in the west, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian in the north west, City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian to the north; and the Metropolitan and non-metropolit...
 council area.

Coat of arms

The County of Roxburgh was the first Scottish county to receive a grant of arms. This was made by Lord Lyon King of Arms
Lord Lyon King of Arms

The Lord Lyon King of Arms, the head of Lyon Court, is the most junior of the Great Officer of State in Scotland and is the Scotland official with responsibility for regulating heraldry in that country, issuing new grants of arms, and serving as the judge of the Court of the Lord Lyon, the oldest heraldic court in the world that is still in d...
 on July 9, 1798. The coat of arms
Coat of arms

A coat of arms, more properly called an armorial achievement, armorial bearings or often just arms for short, in European tradition, is a design belonging to a particular person and used by them in a wide variety of ways....
 seem to have been granted for the use of the volunteer and militia units then being organised under the authority of the county's lord lieutenant
Lord Lieutenant

The title Lord Lieutenant is given to the British monarch's personal representatives in the United Kingdom, usually in a county or similar circumscription, with varying tasks throughout history....
. When the county council was formed in 1890, the arms passed to them.

The shield depicted a unicorn: this is a national symbol of Scotland. At the top of the shield was a hunting horn between two helmets: probably a reference to the border reivers, one of whom featured in the arms of the royal burgh of Jedburgh. The crest above the shield was an armoured arm brandishing a scimitar. The Latin
Latin

Latin is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Through the Military history of the Roman Empire, Latin spread throughout the Mediterranean and a large part of Europe....
 motto was Ne Cede Malis Sed Contra Audentior Ito or Yield not to misfortunes (evil things) but go on more boldly against them., it was a quotation from Virgil
Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro was a classical Roman poet, best known for three major works?the Bucolics , the Georgics and the Aeneid?although several Appendix Vergiliana are also attributed to him....
's Aeneid
Aeneid

The Aeneid is a Latin Epic poetry written by Virgil in the late 1st century BC that tells the legendary story of Aeneas, a Troy who traveled to Italy, where he became the ancestor of the Rome....
 6, 95.

On May 6, 1975 the coat of arms was regranted to Roxburgh District Council, without the crest. When the district council was abolished in 1996, the arms reverted to the Crown.




Civil parishes

Following the boundary changes carried out under the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889
Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889

The Local Government Act 1889 is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which was passed on 26 August 1889. The main effect of the act was to establish elected county councils in Scotland....
, the county of Roxburgh contained 30 civil parishes:
  • Ancrum
    Ancrum

    Ancrum is a village in the Scottish Borders, 4 miles north of Jedburgh. The village ? which currently has a population of around 300 ? is situated just off the A68 road trunk road on the B6400 which runs through Ancrum....
     (No.12 on map)
  • Bedrule (22)
  • Bowden (6)
  • Castleton (2)
  • Cavers (28)
  • Crailing (15)
  • Eckford (16)
  • Ednam
    Ednam

    Disambiguation: "Ednam" can also refer to the aristocratic title Earl of DudleyEdnam is a small village, near Kelso, Scottish Borders in the Scottish Borders ....
     (5)
  • Hawick
    Hawick

    Hawick is a town in the Scottish Borders in the south east of Scotland. It is best-known for its annual Common Riding.It is one of the farthest towns from the sea in Scotland, in the heart of Teviotdale and the largest town in the former county of Roxburghshire....
     (19)
  • Hobkirk (29)
  • Hownam (25)
  • Jedburgh
    Jedburgh

    Jedburgh is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and historically in Roxburghshire....
     (23)
  • Kelso
    Kelso, Scotland

    Kelso is a market town in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, located where the rivers River Tweed and River Teviot have their confluence. The town has a population of just over 6,000; it is regarded as one of the most charming and quaint towns in the area with its cobbled streets, elegant Georgian buildings and French style cobbled marke...
     (9)
  • Lilliesleaf
    Lilliesleaf

    Lilliesleaf is a small village in the Scottish Borders, 7 miles south-east of Selkirk. The village currently has a population of around 300.Lilliesleaf currently has 2 pubs: The Cross Keys and The Plough....
     (11)
  • Linton (17)
  • Makerstoun (8)
  • Maxton (13)
  • Melrose
    Melrose, Scotland

    Melrose is a small, historic town in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire. It is in the Eildon committee area.The town's name is recorded in its earliest form as Mailros, 'the bare peninsula' , referring to the original site of the monastery, recorded by the Venerable Bede, in a bend of the river Tweed....
     (1)
  • Minto
    Minto, Scottish Borders

    Minto is a village in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.Minto is located north of the River Teviot almost midway between the towns of Hawick and Jedburgh....
     (20)
  • Morebattle
    Morebattle

    Morebattle is a village in the Scottish Borders....
     (26)
  • Oxnam
    Oxnam

    Oxnam is a village in Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders. It is a primarily residential town....
     (24)
  • Roberton
    Roberton

    Roberton may refer to:*Roberton, Scottish Borders, a village in the Scottish Borders, close to Hawick*Roberton, Lanarkshire*James Roberton, Lord Bedlay, Scottish advocate and judge...
     (18)
  • Roxburgh
    Roxburgh

    The destroyed royal burgh of Roxburgh was an important trading burgh in High Middle Ages to early modern period Kingdom of Scotland. In the Middle Ages it had at least as much importance as Edinburgh, Stirling, or Berwick-upon-Tweed, for a time acting as de facto capital ....
     (14)
  • Smailholm (3)
  • Southdean
    Southdean

    Southdean is a village in the Scottish Borders....
     (30)
  • Sprouston (10)
  • St Boswells (7)
  • Stichill
    Stichill

    Stichill is a village in the historic county of Roxburghshire, a division of the Scottish Borders. Situated 2 miles to the north of the Burgh of Barony of Kelso, Stichill lies north of the Eden Water and 5 miles from the Anglo-Scottish border at Coldstream....
     (4)
  • Teviothead
    Teviothead

    Teviothead is a small village in Teviotdale in the Scottish Borders, known locally as Teviotheed It is located south of the River Teviot....
     (27)
  • Yetholm
    Kirk Yetholm

    Kirk Yetholm is a village in the Scotland Scottish Borders, eight miles southeast of Kelso, Scotland and less than a mile west of the Anglo-Scottish Border....
     (21)


Notable residents

  • Robert Livingston the Elder
    Robert Livingston the Elder

    Robert Livingston the Elder was a Province of New York official, and first lord of Livingston Manor. He married Alida Schuyler in 1679. He was the father of nine children, including Philip Livingston , Robert Livingston and Gilbert....
    , (1654-1728), born in Ancrum, was the Secretary for Indian affairs of the New York Province and the first lord of Livingston Manor
    Livingston Manor

    This article contains information related to Livingston Manor, the 18th century New York estate. Livingston Manor, New York is a town in Sullivan County, New York....
    .
  • Thomas Pringle
    Thomas Pringle

    Thomas Pringle was a Scottish writer, poet and abolitionist, known as the father of South African Poetry, being the first successful English language poet and author to describe South Africa's scenery, native peoples, and living conditions....
     the nineteenth century Scotttish writer, poet and abolitionist was born at Blakelaw, a 500 acre farmstead four miles to the south of the town of Kelso
    Kelso

    Kelso may refer to:...
     where his father was the tenant.