Peeblesshire
Peeblesshire | |
|---|---|
Historic county | |
 | |
| Country | Scotland |
| County town | Peebles |
| Area | |
| • Total | 548 sq mi (1,419 km2) |
| Ranked 16th of 34 | |
| Chapman code | PEE |
PEEBLESSHIRE Civil Parish map c. 1854.[1] Boundaries are outlined in red
Drumelzier Castle by Francis Grose c. 1790
Stobo Castle
Peeblesshire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd nam Pùballan), 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.[2]
After the local government reorganisation of 1975 the county lost its administrative status, and the area was governed as the district of Tweeddale.
Contents
1 Coat of arms
2 Civil parishes
3 Community Councils[4]
4 Surnames
5 References
6 External links
Coat of arms
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.[3]
Civil parishes
Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho (union of Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho)- Drumelzier
- Eddleston
- Innerleithen
- Kirkurd
- Linton
Lyne (formerly Lyne and Megget)- Manor
- Newlands
- Peebles
- Skirling
- Stobo Stobo Castle
- Traquair
- Tweedsmuir
Community Councils[4]
- Carlops
- Eddleston
Innerleithen and District- Lamancha, Newlands and Kirkurd
Manor, Stobo and Lyne- Royal Burgh of Peebles and District
- Skirling
- Tweedsmuir
- Upper Tweed
- Walkerburn
- West Linton
Surnames
The most common surnames in Peeblesshire at the time of the United Kingdom Census of 1881 by order of incidence were:[5]
- Scott
- Brown
- Wilson
- Tait
- Anderson
- Thomson
- Smith
- Watson
- Veitch
- Murray
References
^ https://archive.org/stream/imperialgazettee02wilsuoft#page/n616/mode/1up
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^ Urquhart, R.M. Scottish Burgh and County Heraldry. Heraldry Today. p. 232. consulted 19 December 2013.
^ Scottish Borders Council: Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils (under Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994) www.scotborders.gov.uk/info/20015/your_council/643/community_councils retrieved June 2016
^ Most Common Surnames in Peeblesshire
External links
Media related to Peeblesshire at Wikimedia Commons
