Scotland Genealogy: Sekirkshire
Census & County Records
SELKIRKSHIRE is of an irregular figure, extending 20 miles
in length, bounded on the N. by Peebles-shire; on the E. by
Berwickshire; on the S.E. and S. by Roxburghshire; on the
S.W. by Dumfries-shire; and on the W. by Peebles. This county
was formerly named the sheriffdom of Etterick forest, being
covered with an extensive wood, which was stocked by great
herds of red and fallow deer kept by the Scotish princes for
the chace, who had houses for themselves and their train in
different parts of the country. The wood is now almost entirely
cut down, and the county is stocked with great flocks of sheep.
The county is mountainous, and intersected by numerous streams,
on the banks of which those plaintive airs were produced,
the natural simplicity of which is the pride of the Scots
and the admiration of strangers. Besides the Tweed, it is
watered by the Etterick and Yarrow, two pastoral streams,
the beauties of which are celebrated in Scotish song.
[Gazetteer of Scotland published 1806, Edinburgh]
Parish & Probate Records
Selkirkshire,
Scotland: Parish and Probate Records
A collection of parish and probate records in Scotland, from
the 1500s to the 1800s.
Parish Index
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