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Jedburgh
Sign in to saveJedburgh ( ; ; or ) is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and the traditional county town of the historic county of Roxburghshire.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Jedburgh
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.static_image_name
- Jedburgh Castle 01.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 300px
- UK place.static_image_caption
- "Strenue et Prospere", Earnestly and Successfully
- UK place.area_total_km2
- 1.74
- UK place.population_ref
- ()
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NT649205
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.post_town
- JEDBURGH
- UK place.postcode_area
- TD
- UK place.postcode_district
- TD8
- UK place.dial_code
- 01835
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
- UK place.civil_parish
- Jedburgh
- UK place.edinburgh_distance_mi
- 41
- UK place.edinburgh_direction
- NW
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Deadard
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- Geography
- Notable people
- The town today
- Transport
- Sport
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Jedburgh ( ; ; or ) is a town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders and the traditional county town of the historic county of Roxburghshire.
==History== Jedburgh began as Jedworð, the "worth" or enclosed settlement on the Jed. Later the more familiar word "burgh" was substituted for this, though the original name survives as Jeddart/Jethart.