Scotland Genealogy: Roxburghshire
Census & County Records
ROXBURGHSHIRE is of an irregular figure, the greatest extent
of which, in every direction, is about 30 miles. It is bounded
on the N. by Berwickshire; on the E. and S. by the English
border; and on the W. by Dumfries and Selkirkshires. It comprehends
the ancient districts of Teviotdale and Liddisdale; so named
from the rivers Teviot and Liddal, which run through them.
The N. and W. divisions of the county are mountainous; but
the E. and S. are upon the whole flat and fertile. The whole
abounds with the most romantic scenery; exhibiting in every
part the rough appearance of hills, mosses, and mountains,
interspersed, however, with narrow vallies, in which run numerous
streams, long since familiar from poetical description ...
Roxburghshire is divided into 31 parochial districts, which,
by the returns made in 1801, contained 33,712 inhabitants.
[Gazetteer of Scotland published 1806, Edinburgh]
Parish & Probate Records
Roxburghshire,
Scotland: Parish and Probate Records
A collection of parish and probate records in Scotland, from
the 1500s to the 1800s.
Parish Index