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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.
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Roxburgh and District
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.
On May 6, 1975 the coat of arms was regranted to Roxburgh District Council, without the crest.
* The Borders: Tweeddale District, Ettrick and Lauderdale District, Roxburgh District
Roxburgh Park Football Club, an Australian Rules football team, competes in the Essendon District Football League.
Roxburgh and consisted
For example the English garrison in the Scottish town of Roxburgh in 1301 consisted of just three knights compared to twenty seven men-at-arms of lesser status.
Roxburgh and former
It consists of the committee areas of Eildon, Cheviot and Teviot and Liddesdale ( the former ( 1975 — 1996 ) local government districts of Roxburgh and Ettrick and Lauderdale ) within the Scottish Borders council area.
Roxburgh was superseded as the county town of the former county of Roxburghshire by Jedburgh .< ref >
* Shire of Bulla-A former Local Government Area which Roxburgh Park was a part of.
In July 2010, Roxburgh played former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke in a telemovie based on Hawke's life.
After a brief period on Roxburgh Place it relocated to the newly constructed Chambers Street near where its former site had stood.
After attending coaching courses held by the English and Scottish Football Associations, former Scotland manager Andy Roxburgh took note of the young Portuguese's drive and attention to detail.
Famous former players include John Jeffrey, Roger Baird, Andrew Ker and Adam Roxburgh, all of whom featured in 7's teams that dominated the Borders circuit in the 1980s, including several wins in the blue ribbon event at Melrose.
Roxburgh and county
The eighteenth century county maps of Herman Moll ( dated c. 1745 ), preferred to keep the " Shire " suffix a separate word, as for example " Berwick Shire ", " Roxburgh Shire ", " the Shire of Selkirk otherwise known as Etterick Forest ", and in the north to " Murray " ( Moray ), " Inverness Shire ", " Aberdeen Shire ", " Banff Shire ", " Ross Shire ".
Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh ( Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Rosbroig ) is a registration county of Scotland.
The ancient royal burgh of Roxburgh, from which the county had taken its name, had fallen into decay by the fifteenth century.
The County of Roxburgh was the first Scottish county to receive a grant of arms.
Following the boundary changes carried out under the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1889, the county of Roxburgh contained 30 civil parishes:
David II returned from France in 1342 and more of the lands held by Edward III were won back into Scottish control so that by 1346, the county of Roxburgh and the western parts of the county of Berwick were in the charge of the Bruce party.
The 1360s and 1370s saw the English hold over the Border areas diminish until it was basically the castles at Berwick, Jedburgh and Roxburgh with the county of Berwick and the eastern part of the county of Roxburgh still in their grip.
Roxburgh is an ancient town and county in Scotland.
The name relates the constituency to the county of Roxburgh.
Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ( Westminster ) from 1955 to 1983.
The counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk were previously covered by the Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency, and the county of Peebles was previously covered by the Midlothian and Peebles constituency.
Roxburgh and Berwickshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom ( Westminster ) from 1983 to 2005.
The county of Roxburgh was covered by the Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles constituency, and the county of Berwick was covered by the Berwick and East Lothian constituency.
Roxburgh and less
Today Haddington is a small town with a population of less than 9, 000, although at one time it was the fourth biggest city in Scotland after Aberdeen, Roxburgh and Edinburgh.
Roxburgh and Melrose
* The County of Roxburgh Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso and Melrose Districts.
Hamilton had already been created Lord Binning in 1613 and Lord Binning and Byres, in the County of Haddington, and Earl of Melrose, in the County of Roxburgh, in 1619.
Roxburgh and area
Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale ( Rosbrog, Eadaraig agus Srath Labhdair in Scottish Gaelic ) is a lieutenancy area of Scotland.
In the 14th century, Roxburgh became a focus for periodic attack and occupation by English forces and Kelso's monastic community survived a number of fluctuations in control over the area, restoring the abbey infrastructure after episodes of destruction and ultimately retaining Scottish identity.
Throughout this turbulent period, Roxburgh Castle and Berwick upon Tweed, the major Scottish port serving the area, were frequently under English occupation.
* Justice of the Peace for the commission area of Roxburgh ( 1975 )
The name Baulkham Hills was given to the area by Andrew McDougall, a settler from Buckholm Hills, County of Roxburgh, Scotland.
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in the south of Scotland within the Scottish Borders council area.
The Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency covers part of the Scottish Borders council area.
The rest of the Dumfries and Galloway council area is covered by the Dumfries and Galloway constituency ; the rest of the Scottish Borders council area is covered by the Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk constituency ; and the rest of the South Lanarkshire council area is covered by the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow constituency, the Lanark and Hamilton East constituency, and the Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency.
Roxburgh and which
Bruce's queen, Elizabeth, his daughter Marjorie, his sisters Christina and Mary, and Isabella MacDuff were captured in a sanctuary at Tain, and sent to harsh imprisonment, which included Mary and Isabella being hung in a cage at Roxburgh and Berwick castles respectively for about four years, and Bruce's brother Neil was executed.
Roxburgh Castle which James failed to win back from the English
When Edward I invaded Scotland he brought with him the siege capabilities which had evolved south of the border: Edinburgh Castle fell within three days, and Roxburgh, Jedburgh, Dunbar, Stirling, Lanark and Dumbarton castles surrendered to the king.
Earl Henry, possibly seriously ill in the 1140s, died unexpectedly at Newcastle or Roxburgh on 12 June 1152, in a Northumbrian domain which David I and he had attached to the Scots crown in the period of English weakness after the death of Henry I of England.
In June 1973, David Steel ( MP for Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles ), unsuccessfully introduced an amendment that the title of " Provost " shall attach to the chairman of any community council which is based on any existing burgh .. to .. carry forward a title which appears, for example, in the Royal Charters of those burghs ".
Northumberland was appointed joint warden with the earl of Huntingdon of both marches for one year, during which time, although suffering defeat by the Earl of Angus at the Battle of Piperdean, he was able to repel a siege on Roxburgh by James I of Scotland.
South of Alexandra the river widens again to form Lake Roxburgh, another artificial lake, behind the Roxburgh Dam, which was commissioned in 1956.
The Clutha also provides irrigation for stone fruit orchards around Cromwell, Alexandra, and Roxburgh, which provide apples, apricots, nectarines, | cherries, and peaches.
Borders was divided into four districts, one of which was named Roxburgh.
Her involvement with Roxburgh made her a regular subject of Australian tabloid magazines and media at the time, a role to which she was unaccustomed.
The present family seat in 2012 is Heanton Satchville, Huish, near Merton, Devon, which was built in 1782 as " Innis House " by Sir James Innis, Duke of Roxburgh, and was purchased by the 18th Baron Clinton in about 1805, renamed Heanton Satchville, which burned down in 1935 and was rebuilt.
These bus routes are the 477, which runs from Broadmeadows Station to Moonee Ponds Station, the 484, which runs from Broadmeadows Railway Station to Roxburgh Park Station and the 500 bus which runs from Broadmeadows to Sunbury Station via Melbourne Airport.
In 2000, Roxburgh appeared in the first of several international blockbuster films when he appeared as henchman Hugh Stamp in the John Woo-directed Mission: Impossible II, which was filmed in Sydney.
( 2001 ), in which Roxburgh played the Duke of Monroth.
It is a tributary of the Clutha River, which it joins at Tuapeka Mouth between Roxburgh and Balclutha.
The massive design and solid romanesque style of the tower indicate a very large building of formidable, semi-military construction and appearance, evidence of the importance with which Roxburgh was regarded when the abbacy was at the height of its power.
Kelso Abbey, which was situated in sight of Roxburgh Castle across the Tweed water, soon grew to be one of the wealthiest and grandest in Scotland, with much of its income coming from its vast estates in the Border country.
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