Peebles | |
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County (until circa 1890) | |
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Country | Scotland |
County town | Peebles |
Area | |
• Total | 899 km2 (347 sq mi) |
Ranked 25th | |
Chapman code | PEE |
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Peeblesshire (Siorrachd nam Pùballan in Gaelic), the County of Peebles or Tweeddale is a historic county of Scotland. Its county town is Peebles, and it borders Midlothian to the north, Selkirkshire to the east, Dumfriesshire to the south, and Lanarkshire to the west.[1]
After the local government reorganisation of 1975 the county lost its administrative status, and the area was governed as the district of Tweeddale.
Coat of arms[edit]
The coat of arms of the county, which was matriculated by the Lord Lyon in 1931, ia as follows: Quarterly, 1st sable five fraises (strawberry leaves) argent; 2nd azure, a horse's head couped argent; 3rd vert, a fleece or; 4th or, fretty gules, on a chief embattled of the last, two thunderbolts of the first. The arms are supported by two salmon proper, and the crest is a Border cavalryman. The motto is ONWARD TWEEDDALE. The first quarter is the arms of Fraser of Oliver Castle, a prominent local laird; the second, that of Horsburgh, another prominent local laird; the third, a reference to the area's wool industry; and the fourth, that of M. G. (later Sir Michael) Thorburn of Glenormiston, who was sheriff of Peebles at the time of the arms' matriculation.[2]
Civil parishes[edit]
- Broughton, Scottish Borders
- Drumelzier
- Eddleston
- Glenholm List of listed buildings in Broughton, Glenholm And Kilbucho, Scottish Borders
- Innerleithen
- Kirkurd
- Kilbucho
- Linton West Linton
- Lyne
- ( Lyne and Megget )
- Manor
- Newlands, Scottish Borders
- Peebles
- Skirling List of listed buildings in Skirling, Scottish Borders
- Stobo Stobo Castle
- Traquair
- Tweedsmuir
Surnames[edit]
The most common surnames in Peeblesshire at the time of the United Kingdom Census of 1881 by order of incidence were:[3]
References[edit]
- ^ "Genuki - Peeblesshire".
- ^ Urquhart, R.M. Scottish Burgh and County Heraldry. Heraldry Today. p. 232. consulted 19 December 2013.
- ^ Most Common Surnames in Peeblesshire
External links[edit]
Media related to Peeblesshire at Wikimedia Commons
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