In the post-bellum period, an historically black college which later became Virginia State University ( VSU ) was established nearby in Ettrick in Chesterfield County.

At one time, during the heyday of railroads, a branch line connected the GB & W with the nearby city of Ettrick ( although it was later abandoned ).

At about the same time, James Hogg (" The Ettrick Shepherd ") had come to the attention of Scott whilst the former was working at Blackhouse Farm in the Yarrow valley.

He represented this seat until 1983, when he was elected in Tweedale, Ettrick and Lauderdale, a new constituency covering much of the same territory.

He retired from the House of Commons at the 1997 general election and was made a life peer as Baron Steel of Aikwood, of Ettrick Forest in the Scottish Borders in the same year, residing at Aikwood Tower.

He became widely known as the " Ettrick Shepherd ", a nickname under which some of his works were published, and the character name he was given in the widely read series Noctes Ambrosianae, published in Blackwood's Magazine.

James Hogg was born on a small farm near Ettrick, Scotland in 1770 and was baptized there on 9 December, his actual date of birth having never been recorded.

In early 1831 Hogg's Songs by the Ettrick Shepherd was published, but the publishing of the companion volume A Queer Book was held up by Blackwood.

He died on 21 November 1835 and was buried in Ettrick Churchyard, close to his childhood home.

A collected edition of his works was published in the 1830s, after Hogg's death, pruned of some passages which offended the increasing delicacy of the age, and another Works of the Ettrick Shepherd was prepared in the 1860s which took the process even further ; some works, for example The Three Perils of Woman, were excluded altogether.

His father was a neighbour of Robert Burns at Ellisland, and Allan with his brother James visited James Hogg, the " Ettrick shepherd ", who became a friend to both.

He was the son of Francis Napier, 8th Lord Napier ( 1758 – 1823 ) and the father of Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier and 1st Baron Ettrick ( 1819 – 1898 ).

He was buried in Macau but later exhumed for reburial at his beloved Ettrick in Scotland.

The Berwickshire District area was not identical with the county area however: the burgh of Lauder and most of the county's West District were included in Ettrick and Lauderdale, while the parish of Nenthorn was made part of Roxburgh District.

The unveiling was attended by Mayo's son, the 7th Earl ; Lord Napier and Ettrick ; the Bishop of Carlisle Harvey Goodwin: and the Earl of Lonsdale.

Roxburgh District consisted of the former county less the Melrose area ( which was included in Ettrick and Lauderdale District ), plus the parish of Nenthorn from Berwickshire.

Under the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1973 the use of counties as local government areas was abolished across Scotland, with its area becoming part of the Ettrick and Lauderdale district of the Borders Region.

Indeed an alternative name for the county was Ettrick Forest.

He was a Parade All-America selection and named Virginia's Group AA Co-Offensive Player of the Year as senior at Matoaca High School in his hometown and birthplace of Ettrick, Va. also selected first-team All-Conference at both FB and LB, also earned All-Metro and All-State honors, he was The Richmond Times-Dispatch's co-Player of the Year after posting 78 tackles, 11 sacks, five blocked kicks, four forced fumbles and two interceptions, he rushed the ball 105 times for 1, 006 ( 9. 6 avg.

Villages on the western side of the island include Straad, around St. Ninian's Bay, and Kildavanan on Ettrick Bay.

Ettrick is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, located around south-west of the town of Selkirk.

The area around Ettrick has several literary connections.

* Songs by the Ettrick Shepherd ( 1831 ) ( songs / poetry )

Evacuation continued at the nearby ports of Le Verdon and Bayonne, assisted by the troopships Batory, Sobieski ( both Polish ), Ettrick and Arandora Star.

* Ettrick and Lauderdale Sports Council promotes interest and participation in sport in the area covered by the former Ettrick and Lauderdale District Council.

* Ettrick, New South Wales, Australia, administered by Kyogle Council

Ettrick Forest was a large Royal forest that is much depleted due to sheep farming and industrial forestry, though at some places by the banks of the Water, and in the ravines of its tributaries, places difficult for sheep and of small interest to loggers, the remnants of the fauna which composed the ancient forest can still be seen and enjoyed.

The poet James Hogg ( 1770 – 1835 ), known as the " Ettrick Shepherd ", was born at a farm in Ettrick, by Ettrick Hall, and is buried in Ettrick Kirkyard.

It is also mentioned in the traditional Scottish folksong, " Ettrick Lady ", recorded by The Corries.

The Ettrick Water is a river in Ettrick, by the village of Ettrickbridge and the historic town of Selkirk, in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland.

He also composed a great number of songs, one of which --" Bird of the Wilderness ," written to some well-known verses by James Hogg, the " Ettrick Shepherd "-- attained a high degree of popularity.

Ettrick is a village in Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, United States.

The village is located within the Town of Ettrick.

** Ettrick, Wisconsin, the village in the Wisconsin town of Ettrick

Robert Louis Stevenson's hero David Balfour in Kidnapped hails from the fictitious village of " Essendean " in Ettrick Forest.

The water, a tributary of the River Tweed, is known also as the River Ettrick, often locally known as Wild Ettrick ( though that title refers more correctly to the Ettrick Forest and the Ettrick Valley ), and it flows through the village, and its flood plain, the Ettrick Marshes.

Wallace used the Ettrick Forest as a base for raiding, and attacked Wishart's palace at Ancrum.

* Robert Prentiss Daniel, born in Ettrick ; African-American educator and college administrator, president of Virginia State University for 18 years

It is a tributary of the Ettrick Water ( itself a tributary of the Tweed ) and renowned for its high quality trout and salmon fishing.

The wood of Carterhaugh near the confluence of the Yarrow and Ettrick, is the setting for the ballad " Tam Lin ".

From here the river continues southeast past the towns of Ettrick, Millers Flat, and Beaumont, before flowing through the Rongahere Gorge admired for its native bush corridor and for the Birch Island native reserve.

Unlike many counties, Selkirkshire has not continued to exist as a lieutenancy areas, but has become part of Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale for these purposes.

Using her married name, Christine Creech, she was the SNP candidate at the 1992 General Election for Tweedale, Ettrick and Lauderdale.

From 1975 to 1996, the town served as the administrative centre for the Ettrick and Lauderdale District of the Borders region.

In 1882 it led passage of legislation for a land-grant college for blacks, what is now Virginia State University in Ettrick, near Petersburg.

Moore has held the seat since its creation in 2005, and was MP for the predecessor seat of Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale from 1997-2005.

Most recently, the Ettrick valley was used as the setting for the story " No Advantages ", from Alice Munro's 2006 short story collection, The View from Castle Rock.

Jeremy Purvis ( born 15 January 1974 ) is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician, and was MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale from 2003 to 2011.

Lennie W. Pond grew up in the Village of Ettrick, Virginia and had a couple cars that he used to race on his parents farm, which is where he got his taste for cars going fast.

* for history of Ettrick family within Barnes.