Roxburghshire

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county of Scotland historic county

Roxburghshire is a historic county in the Scottish Borders, known for its rich medieval heritage and notable monastic sites.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Roxburghshire canonical 24
Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale 2
Roxburghshire (historic) 1

Statements (63)

Predicate Object
instanceOf county of Scotland ⓘ
historic county ⓘ
bordersCountry England ⓘ
bordersEnglishCounty Cumberland (historic) ⓘ
Northumberland ⓘ
bordersHistoricCounty Berwickshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
Dumfriesshire ⓘ
Selkirkshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsArchaeologicalSite Trimontium (near Newstead, often associated regionally) ⓘ
containsTown Hawick ⓘ
Kelso ⓘ
Melrose ⓘ
Selkirk ⓘ
surface form: Selkirk (historically associated)
containsVillage Ancrum ⓘ
Bonchester Bridge ⓘ
Denholm ⓘ
Eckford ⓘ
Lilliesleaf ⓘ
Makerstoun ⓘ
Morebattle ⓘ
Newtown St Boswells ⓘ
Roxburgh village ⓘ
surface form: Roxburgh (village)

Sprouston ⓘ
St Boswells ⓘ
Yetholm ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
hasChapmanCode ROX ⓘ
hasFormerCountyTown Roxburgh ⓘ
hasHistoricCountyTown Jedburgh ⓘ
hasHistoricRegionType Border county ⓘ
hasHistoricRegistrationCounty Roxburghshire NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableCastle Cessford Castle ⓘ
Ferniehirst Castle ⓘ
Floors Castle ⓘ
Jedburgh Castle ⓘ
Roxburgh Castle ⓘ
hasNotableEstate Floors Castle ⓘ
surface form: Floors Castle estate
hasNotableMonasticSite Dryburgh Abbey ⓘ
Jedburgh Abbey ⓘ
Kelso Abbey ⓘ
Melrose Abbey ⓘ
historicalCountySystemAbolished 1975 ⓘ
historicRegionOf Scottish Borders ⓘ
knownFor Border Reivers history ⓘ
agriculture ⓘ
medieval heritage ⓘ
monastic ruins ⓘ
textile industry in Hawick ⓘ
locatedIn Scottish Borders ⓘ
Southern Uplands ⓘ
partOf Scotland ⓘ
representedInParliament UK Parliament constituency of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk ⓘ
surface form: Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk (UK Parliament constituency)

Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles (UK Parliament constituency) ⓘ
UK Parliament constituency of Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk ⓘ
surface form: Roxburghshire (UK Parliament constituency)
succeededByAdministrativeArea Roxburgh ⓘ
surface form: Roxburgh district
succeededByCouncilArea Scottish Borders council area ⓘ
traditionalRegion Liddesdale (partly associated) ⓘ
Teviotdale ⓘ
traversedByRiver River Jed ⓘ
River Kale ⓘ
River Rule ⓘ
River Teviot ⓘ
River Tweed ⓘ

Referenced by (27)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Melrose Abbey → locatedInHistoricRegion → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Sir Walter Scott → placeOfDeath → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Liddesdale → borders → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Liddesdale → traditionalProvince → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Dumfriesshire → borders → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Berwickshire → border → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Kelso Abbey → locatedIn → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Kelso Abbey → historicalRegion → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Roxburgh Castle → historicalCounty → Roxburghshire ⓘ
St Boswells → traditionalCounty → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Melrose → historicCounty → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Kelso → historicCounty → Roxburghshire ⓘ
James Wilson → birthPlace → Roxburghshire ⓘ
siege of Roxburgh Castle (1460) → locatedIn → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Montagu Douglas Scott → associatedRegion → Roxburghshire ⓘ
subject surface form: Montagu Douglas Scott family
Newcastleton → historicalRegion → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Kershopefoot → lieutenancyArea → Roxburghshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
Hermitage → locatedInHistoricCounty → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Hermitage → hasTraditionalCounty → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Buccleuch family → associatedCounty → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Scottish Borders council area → containsHistoricRegion → Roxburghshire ⓘ
subject surface form: Scottish Borders
William de Soulis → associatedPlace → Roxburghshire ⓘ
capture of Roxburgh Castle → historicalRegion → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Hawick → historicCounty → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Hermitage Water → locatedInHistoricCounty → Roxburghshire ⓘ
Newtown St Boswells → lieutenancyArea → Roxburghshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
Smailholm Tower → region → Roxburghshire ⓘ
this entity surface form: Roxburghshire (historic)