Roxburghshire
Sign in to saveRoxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire and Midlothian to the northwest, and Berwickshire to the north. To the southwest it borders Cumberland and to the southeast Northumberland, both in England.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Roxburgh
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Historic county
- Settlement.flag_size
- 150px
- Settlement.flag_link
- Flag of Roxburgh
- Settlement.image_map
- Roxburghshire - Scotland.svg
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Scotland
- Settlement.seat_type
- County town
- Settlement.seat
- Jedburgh
- Settlement.unit_pref
- UK
- Settlement.area_total_sq_mi
- 666
- Settlement.area_note
- Ranked 12th of 34
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.postal_code_type
- Chapman code
- Settlement.postal_code
- ROX
- Historic subdivision.Name
- Roxburgh
- Historic subdivision.HQ
- Hawick
- Historic subdivision.subdivision_type
- District
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Article
15 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Transport
- Demographics
- Administration
- County
- District
- Political control
- Coat of arms
- Civil parishes
- Defunct parishes and amalgamations
- Settlements
- Notable residents
- See also
- References
Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh is a historic county and registration county in the Southern Uplands of Scotland. It borders Dumfriesshire to the west, Selkirkshire and Midlothian to the northwest, and Berwickshire to the north. To the southwest it borders Cumberland and to the southeast Northumberland, both in England.
It was named after the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh, a town which declined markedly in the 15th century and is no longer in existence. Latterly, the county town of Roxburghshire was Jedburgh.