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The original Ettrick is a valley of Scotland with a population spread over a wide area. It has one town within it called Ettrick Bridge. Ettrick Forest was also a large forest in this vicinity that no longer exists except in name. There is an Ettrick (river) which flows through this valley and through the towns of Ettrick Bridge and Selkirk. Ettrick is a relatively small area within the Scottish borders. ... The River Ettrick flows through the Ettrick Valley and through the towns of Ettrick Bridge and Selkirk in the Scottish Borders. ...


There are a few places named Ettrick in the United States:

  • Poet James Hogg is known as the "Ettrick Shepherd"

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Chesterfield County, Virginia | Planning - Ettrick Community Profile (477 words)
Ettrick, one of the county's older unincorporated villages, is located on the north side of the Appomattox River, across the river from Petersburg and west of the City of Colonial Heights.
By the 1800s, Ettrick was cutting its teeth as a mill town, influenced by ease of access to Petersburg via Campbell's Bridge, which was built across the Appomattox in 1810.
"Ettrick is in a wonderful location," said Sterling Hawkins, a lifelong Ettrick resident and vice president of Ettrick on the Move, a community association formed 12 years ago to steer community improvements and beautification efforts and to plan community activities.
Ettrick Riverside (378 words)
Ettrick Riverside Business Centre, is a first class business, training and conference centre situated in the Scottish Borders town of Selkirk.
Previously the Ettrick and Yarrow Spinners building, the largest and finest mill in the Scottish Borders, this nineteenth century building has been transformed to offer the perfect modern work-space, providing an alternative to the traditional style of business accommodation available.
Ettrick Riverside is located in the heart of the Scottish Borders, only 44 miles south of Edinburgh, and 55 miles north of Carlisle.
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