Berwickshire
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Berwickshire (; ) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border. The county takes its name from Berwick-upon-Tweed, its original county town, which was part of Scotland at the time of the county's formation in the twelfth century, but became part of England in 1482 after several centuries of swapping back and forth between the two kingdoms. After the loss of Berwick, Duns and Greenlaw both served as county town at different periods.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Berwickshire
- Settlement.native_name
- Siorrachd Bhearaig
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Historic county
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Berwickshire.svg
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150px
- Settlement.flag_link
- Flag of Berwickshire
- Settlement.image_map
- File:Berwickshire County.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Scotland
- Settlement.seat_type
- County town
- Settlement.seat
- Berwick (pre–1482)Greenlaw (1596–1661, 1696-1903)Duns (1661-1696,1903–1975)
- Settlement.unit_pref
- UK
- Settlement.area_total_sq_mi
- 457
- Settlement.area_note
- Ranked 20th of 34
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Chapman code
- Settlement.postal_code
- BEW
- UK legislation.short_title
- Berwickshire Courts Act 1853
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- County council
- District Council
- Political control
- Coat of arms
- Civil parishes
- Settlements
- Transport
- Legacy
- See also
- References
- External links
Berwickshire (; ) is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in south-eastern Scotland, on the English border. The county takes its name from Berwick-upon-Tweed, its original county town, which was part of Scotland at the time of the county's formation in the twelfth century, but became part of England in 1482 after several centuries of swapping back and forth between the two kingdoms. After the loss of Berwick, Duns and Greenlaw both served as county town at different periods.
Berwickshire County Council existed from 1890 until 1975, when the area became part of the Borders region, with most of the historic county becoming part of the lower-tier Berwickshire district. Berwickshire district was abolished in 1996, when all the districts in the Borders region merged to become the Scottish Borders council area.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Berwickshire” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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