Key facts
- Population
- 2,500 (2020)
- Os grid reference
- NT5434
- Council area
- Scottish Borders
- Lieutenancy area
- Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
- Country
- Scotland
- Sovereign state
- United Kingdom
- Post town
- MELROSE
- Postcode district
- TD6
- Dialling code
- 01896
- Police
- Scotland
- Fire
- Scottish
- Ambulance
- Scottish
- Uk parliament
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
- Scottish parliament
- Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Melrose (Scottish Gaelic: Maolros, "bald moor") is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire. It lies within the Eildon committee area of Scottish Borders Council.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Melrose” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.