Selkirk is a town and historic royal burgh in the Scottish Borders council district of southeastern Scotland. It lies on the Ettrick Water, a tributary...
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Selkirk may refer to: Alexander Selkirk, Scottish castaway who formed the basis for the novel Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe Selkirk (surname), surname...
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Earl of Selkirk is a title in the Peerage of Scotland, used since 1646. It has rules of inheritance subject to unusual and unique provisions. The title...
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Selkirkshire (redirect from County of Selkirk)
Selkirkshire or the County of Selkirk (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Shalcraig) is a historic county and registration county of Scotland. It borders Peeblesshire...
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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...
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Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk FRS FRSE (20 June 1771 – 8 April 1820) was a Scottish peer. He was noteworthy as a Scottish philanthropist who sponsored...
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James Alexander Douglas-Hamilton, Baron Selkirk of Douglas, PC, KC (31 July 1942 – 28 November 2023) was a Scottish Conservative politician who served as...
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Alexander Selkirk (1676 – 13 December 1721) was a Scottish privateer and Royal Navy officer who spent four years and four months as a castaway (1704–1709)...
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Bannock (British and Irish food) (redirect from Selkirk Bannock)
pastry rather than a bread dough. Selkirk bannock from Scotland is well-known and named after the town in the Scottish borders where it is traditionally...
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Selkirk Football Club (nicknamed the Souters) was a Scottish football club based in the town of Selkirk. Founded in 1880, they were the oldest established...
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Peter Blake (actor) (category People from Selkirk, Scottish Borders)
Beattie Dempsey on 8 December 1948 in Selkirk, Scotland. He was always referred to by his parents as Ian, a Scottish Gaelic term for John. He began his career...
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rising river in Scotland, and it runs through the village of Ettrickbridge some dozen miles downstream, and the old town of Selkirk. Ettrick Forest was...
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Bobby Johnstone (category Sportspeople from Selkirk, Scottish Borders)
was a Scottish footballer who played for Selkirk, Hibernian, Manchester City, Oldham Athletic and Witton Albion. Johnstone also represented Scotland and...
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Galashiels, Selkirk, Hawick, Jedburgh, Earlston, Kelso, Newtown St Boswells, St Boswells, Peebles, Melrose and Tweedbank are located. Two of Scotland's 40 national...
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Selkirk Rugby Football Club are a rugby union side based in Selkirk in the Borders, Scotland. They play in their home games at Philiphaugh, and compete...
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Scott Hutchison (category People from Selkirk, Scottish Borders)
Firth of Forth. Hutchison was born on 20 November 1981 in the Scottish Borders town of Selkirk. He was the second of three sons born to Marion and Ron Hutchison...
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Mungo Park (explorer) (category People from Selkirk, Scottish Borders)
Africa. Mungo Park was born in Selkirkshire, Scotland, at Foulshiels on the Yarrow Water, near Selkirk, on a tenant farm which his father, Mungo Park...
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Grant Hutchison (category Scottish rock drummers)
releasing a studio album, Dance Music (2018). Hutchison was raised in Selkirk, Scotland with his older brothers Scott and Neil. Reflecting upon his mother's...
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William Ritchie Sorley (category People from Selkirk, Scottish Borders)
William Ritchie Sorley was born in Selkirk, Scotland, the son of Anna Ritchie and William Sorley, a Free Church of Scotland minister. He was educated first...
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A7 road (Great Britain) (redirect from A7 road (Scotland))
trunk road at the southern boundary of Galashiels. It continues south to Selkirk; a bypass here has been proposed for years but not implemented. This section...
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Charmian Campbell (category People from Selkirk, Scottish Borders)
April 2009) was a British socialite and artist. She was born at Selkirk in the Scottish Borders to portrait painter Mary Winona Mannin "Molly" Bishop and...
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Environment Scotland. "Floors Castle (Category A Listed Building) (LB10480)". Retrieved 27 March 2019. "Selkirk (The Scottish Borders, Scotland) Full Freeview...
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April 1694), also known as Lord William Douglas and the Earl of Selkirk, was a Scottish nobleman and politician. He was the eldest son of the 1st Marquess...
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Coldstream (category Articles containing Scottish Gaelic-language text)
part of Scotland. Local news and television programmes are provided by BBC Scotland and ITV Border. Television signal are received from the Selkirk TV transmitter...
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Duke of Hamilton (redirect from Earl of Arran, Lanark and Selkirk)
Clan Hamilton Clan Douglas Earl of Angus Earl of Arran (Scotland) Earl of Orkney Earl of Selkirk Lord Abernethy Hamilton Palace and Hamilton Mausoleum Brodick...
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Melrose (Scottish Gaelic: Maolros, "bald moor") is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire. It lies within the...
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John Montagu Douglas Scott, 7th Duke of Buccleuch (category Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies)
Dumfriesshire Justice of the Peace (JP) for Selkirk and Roxburghshire 1893: Vice Lord Lieutenant (DL) of Selkirk 1896: Deputy Lieutenant (DL) of Roxburghshire...
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John Lamont (redirect from John Lamont (Scottish politician))
is a Scottish Conservative Party politician and solicitor who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk since...
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Selkirk railway station served the town of Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland, from 1856 to 1964 on the Selkirk and Galashiels Railway. The station was...
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County Buildings is a municipal structure in Ettrick Terrace, Selkirk, Scottish Borders, Scotland. The complex, which was the headquarters of Selkirkshire...
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