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Peeblesshire (Siorrachd nam Pùballan in Gaelic) is a traditional county in Scotland. Its main town is Peebles, and it borders Midlothian to the north, Selkirkshire to the east, Dumfriesshire to the south, and Lanarkshire to the west. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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Old Parish Church, Peebles Location within the British Isles Peebles 55°39ⲠN 3°11ⲠW is a burgh in the traditional county of Peeblesshire (of which it is the county town), in the Scottish Borders, lying on the River Tweed. ...
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The traditional counties of Scotland are historic and cutural divisions of Scotland. ...
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Old Parish Church, Peebles Location within the British Isles Peebles 55°39ⲠN 3°11ⲠW is a burgh in the traditional county of Peeblesshire (of which it is the county town), in the Scottish Borders, lying on the River Tweed. ...
Midlothian (Meadhan Lodainn in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. ...
Selkirkshire (Siorrachd Shalcraig in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland. ...
Dumfriesshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Phris in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland. ...
Lanarkshire (Siorrachd Lannraig in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland. ...
After 1889 Peeblesshire became the name of an administrative county with the seat of government in the town of Peebles. 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
After the local government reorganisation of 1974 the use of the name Peeblesshire for administrative purposes was discontinued, and the area was governed as the district of Tweeddale. This name has also subsequently been superseded. The 32 council areas of Scotland form the local government areas of Scotland, all of them unitary authorities. ...
1974 (MCMLXXIV) is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...
Tweeddale is the traditional name for the area drained by the upper reaches of the Tweed River, this area was considered to end before the Yarrow Water flowed into the Tweed, so the area to the south and east, was bounded by the Yarrow/Tweed watershed, and to the north...
Residents of the area still refer to themselves as residing in Peeblesshire, as the traditional county remains unaffected by the various administrative changes that have taken place.
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Aberdeenshire | Angus | Argyllshire | Ayrshire | Banffshire | Berwickshire | Buteshire | Caithness | Clackmannanshire | Cromartyshire | Dumfriesshire | Dunbartonshire | East Lothian | Fife | Inverness-shire | Kincardineshire | Kinross-shire | Kirkcudbrightshire | Lanarkshire | Mid Lothian | Morayshire | Nairnshire | Orkney | Peeblesshire | Perthshire | Renfrewshire | Ross-shire | Roxburghshire | Selkirkshire | Shetland | Stirlingshire | Sutherland | West Lothian | Wigtownshire The historic county of Aberdeenshire (Siorrachd Obar Dheathain in Gaelic) was until 1975 a county of Scotland. ...
Angus (Aonghas in Gaelic) is one of the traditional counties and also one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland and a Lieutenancy area. ...
Argyll (Earra-Ghaidheal in Gaelic), sometimes called Argyllshire, is one of the traditional counties of Scotland. ...
Ayrshire (Scottish Gaelic, Siorrachd Inbhir Àir) is a traditional county in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde. ...
Banffshire (Siorrachd Bhanbh in Gaelic) is a small traditional county in the north of Scotland. ...
Berwickshire (Siorrachd Bhearaig in Gaelic) is an ancient traditional county and Lieutenancy area of Scotland, on the border with England. ...
Bute, sometimes known as Buteshire (Siorrachd Bhòid in Gaelic), is a small traditional county of Scotland. ...
Caithness (Gallaibh in Gaelic) is a traditional county and former administrative county within the Highland area of Scotland. ...
Link title Clackmannanshire (Siorrachd Chlach Mhannainn in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy area, bordering onto the areas of Perth and Kinross, Stirling and Fife. ...
Cromartyshire (Siorrachd Chromba in Gaelic) is a traditional county in the north of Scotland, consisting of a series of enclaves within Ross-shire. ...
Dumfriesshire (Siorrachd Dhùn Phris in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland. ...
Dunbartonshire is one of the Traditional counties of Scotland, in that part of the country formerly called Lennox (which was a title of nobility). ...
East Lothian (Lodainn an Ear in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council areas in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. ...
Fife (Fìobh in Gaelic) is a unitary council region of Scotland situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth. ...
Inverness-shire (Siorrachd Inbhir Nis in Gaelic) is one of the traditional counties of Scotland. ...
Kincardineshire, also known as The Mearns (from A Mhaoirne meaning The Stewartry) is a traditional county on the coast of Northeast Scotland. ...
Kinross-shire is a small traditional county of Scotland. ...
Kirkcudbrightshire (pronounced Kir-COO-bri-shir, also known as the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright or as East Galloway, and Siorrachd Chille Chuithbheirt in Gaelic) is a traditional county of south-western Scotland, bounded on the north and north-west by Ayrshire, on the west and southwest by Wigtownshire, on the south...
Lanarkshire (Siorrachd Lannraig in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland. ...
Midlothian (Meadhan Lodainn in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy Area. ...
Morayshire or Elginshire (Siorrachd Mhoireibh in Gaelic) is one of the traditional counties of Scotland, bordering Nairnshire to the west, Inverness-shire to the south, and Banffshire to the east. ...
Nairnshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Narann in Gaelic) is a small traditional county of Scotland, centred around Nairn, the traditional county town. ...
The Orkney Islands are one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and form a traditional county and Lieutenancy area, and the Orkney constituency of the Scottish Parliament. ...
Perthshire is an traditional county in central Scotland, which extends from Strathmore in the east, to the Pass of Drumochter in the north, Rannoch Moor and Ben Lui in the west, and Aberfoyle in the south. ...
Renfrewshire was a county of Scotland until their abolition in 1975. ...
Ross-shire (Siorrachd Rois in Gaelic), or simply Ross, is a traditional county of Scotland bordering on Sutherland, Cromartyshire (of which it contains many enclaves), Inverness-shire and on an exclave of Nairnshire. ...
Roxburghshire (Siorrachd Rosbroig in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland. ...
Selkirkshire (Siorrachd Shalcraig in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland. ...
The Shetland Islands (also sometimes spelled Zetland or Hjaltland) are one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and also form a traditional county and Lieutenancy area, and the Shetland constituency of the Scottish Parliament. ...
Stirlingshire (Siorrachd Sruighlea in Gaelic) is a traditional county of Scotland, based around Stirling, the traditional county town. ...
Sutherland (Cataibh in Gaelic), or Sutherlandshire, is a traditional county in the north of Scotland, bordering on Caithness to the north and both Ross-shire and Cromartyshire to the south. ...
West Lothian or Linlithgowshire (Lodainn an Iar in Gaelic) is one of 32 unitary council regions in Scotland, and a Lieutenancy area. ...
Wigtownshire is a small traditional county in the south west of Scotland. ...
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