Liddesdale

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historic district valley

Liddesdale is a valley and historic border district in the Scottish Borders, long known as a stronghold of the powerful Clan Douglas and a center of Border Reiver activity.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Liddesdale canonical 14
Liddesdale valley 3
Liddesdale area 1

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district ⓘ
valley ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Anglo-Scottish border wars ⓘ
associatedWithGroup Border Reiver families ⓘ
Border clans ⓘ
borders Dumfriesshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
Roxburghshire ⓘ
containsCastle Hermitage Castle ⓘ
containsSettlement Hermitage ⓘ
Kershopefoot ⓘ
Newcastleton ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
drainageBasin River Esk ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity forestry ⓘ
sheep farming ⓘ
hasNotableLandscapeFeature Liddel Water ⓘ
surface form: Liddel Water valley
hasNotableStructure Hermitage Castle ⓘ
hasTransportRoute B6399 road ⓘ
former Border Union Railway ⓘ
historicalLegalStatus march lordship ⓘ
historicallyControlledBy Buccleuch family ⓘ
Clan Douglas ⓘ
Earl of Douglas ⓘ
historicalRegion Borders ⓘ
historicalRole center of raiding on Anglo-Scottish border ⓘ
refuge for Border Reivers ⓘ
knownFor Border Reivers ⓘ
Clan Douglas stronghold ⓘ
languageHistoricallySpoken English ⓘ
Scots ⓘ
locatedIn Scottish Borders ⓘ
Southern Uplands ⓘ
nearbyRegion Eskdale ⓘ
Teviotdale ⓘ
partOf Scottish Borders ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Marches
presentDayCouncilArea Scottish Borders council area ⓘ
regionType border district ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence 16th century ⓘ
Late Middle Ages ⓘ
traditionalProvince Roxburghshire ⓘ
traversedBy Liddel Water ⓘ
usedFor cattle raiding ⓘ
cross-border raids ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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

Clan Douglas → associatedWithTerritory → Liddesdale ⓘ
Hermitage Castle → locatedIn → Liddesdale ⓘ
Scott family → traditionalPowerBase → Liddesdale ⓘ
Liddel Water → flowsThrough → Liddesdale ⓘ
Liddel Water → flowsThrough → Liddesdale ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liddesdale valley
Liddel Water → hasHistoricalRegion → Liddesdale ⓘ
Newcastleton → locatedIn → Liddesdale ⓘ
Newcastleton → locatedIn → Liddesdale ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liddesdale valley
Kershopefoot → locatedIn → Liddesdale ⓘ
Kershopefoot → category → Liddesdale ⓘ
Hermitage → locatedIn → Liddesdale ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liddesdale valley
Hermitage → locatedInValley → Liddesdale ⓘ
Hermitage → historicalRegion → Liddesdale ⓘ
B6399 road → connects → Liddesdale ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liddesdale area
Nicholas de Soulis → landholdingsRegion → Liddesdale ⓘ
de Soulis family → region → Liddesdale ⓘ
de Soulis family → governedTerritory → Liddesdale ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liddesdale lordship
William de Soulis → region → Liddesdale ⓘ
James Douglas, 2nd Earl of Douglas → associatedWithPlace → Liddesdale ⓘ