Roxburgh
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Roxburgh () is a civil parish and formerly a royal burgh, in the historic county of Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was an important trading burgh in High Medieval to early modern Scotland. In the Middle Ages it had at least as much importance as Edinburgh, Stirling, Perth, or Berwick-upon-Tweed, for a time acting as de facto capital (as royal residence of David I).
Key facts
- UK place.country
- Scotland
- UK place.official_name
- Roxburgh
- UK place.gaelic_name
- Rosbrog
- UK place.map_type
- Scotland
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- NT713337
- UK place.population
- 419
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Roxburgh
- UK place.unitary_scotland
- Scottish Borders
- UK place.lieutenancy_scotland
- Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale
- UK place.post_town
- KELSO
- UK place.postcode_district
- TD5
- UK place.postcode_area
- TD
- UK place.dial_code
- 01573
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
- UK place.constituency_scottish_parliament
- Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire
- UK place.static_image_name
- Castles old and new - geograph.org.uk - 163364.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- The ruins of Roxburgh Castle (foreground), the River Tweed and Floors Castle
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Roxburgh
- Population
- 419
- Image
- Castles old and new - geograph.org.uk - 163364.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01573
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- Commons category
- Roxburgh
- OS grid reference
- NT713337
- postal code
- TD5
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1550-00-00
- native label
- Roxburgh
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- Etymology
- Roxburgh village
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Roxburgh () is a civil parish and formerly a royal burgh, in the historic county of Roxburghshire in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. It was an important trading burgh in High Medieval to early modern Scotland. In the Middle Ages it had at least as much importance as Edinburgh, Stirling, Perth, or Berwick-upon-Tweed, for a time acting as de facto capital (as royal residence of David I).
==History== Its significance lay in its position in the centre of some of Lowland Scotland's most agriculturally fertile areas, and its position upon the River Tweed, which allowed river transport of goods via the main seaport of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Its position also acted as a barrier to English invasion.
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