Roxburghshire

Roxburghshire or the County of Roxburgh is a  of. It borders to the west,  to the north-west, and  to the north. To the south-east it borders and  in.

It was named after the of. Roxburghshire is now within the.

County
Until, Roxburghshire was one of the , governed by a from. The county council was based in. At the time of the county's abolition in it contained four s and four districts:
 * The of Jedburgh
 * The burghs of Hawick, Kelso and Melrose
 * The County of Roxburgh Hawick, Jedburgh, Kelso and Melrose Districts.

The ancient royal burgh of Roxburgh, from which the county had taken its name, had fallen into decay by the fifteenth century.

District
The abolished the county and incorporated its area into the. Borders was divided into four districts, one of which was named Roxburgh. 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. The regional and four district councils were abolished in, merging to form the present council area.

Coat of arms
The County of Roxburgh was the first Scottish county to receive a grant of arms. This was made by on,. The seem to have been granted for the use of the volunteer and militia units then being organised under the authority of the county's. When the county council was formed in, the arms passed to them.

The shield depicted a unicorn: this is a national symbol of Scotland. At the top of the shield was a hunting horn between two helmets: probably a reference to the border s, one of whom featured in the arms of the royal burgh of Jedburgh. The crest above the shield was an armoured arm brandishing a scimitar. The motto was Ne Cede Malis Sed Contra Audentior Ito or Yield not to evil things but rather go on more boldly, it was a quotation from 's.

On, the coat of arms was regranted to Roxburgh District Council, without the crest. When the district council was abolished in, the arms reverted to the Crown.

Civil parishes
Following the boundary changes carried out under the, the county of Roxburgh contained 30 civil parishes:


 * (No.12 on map)
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Notable residents

 * , (1654-1728), born in Ancrum, was the Secretary for Indian affairs of the New York Province and the first lord of.
 * the nineteenth century Scotttish writer, poet and abolitionist was born at Blakelaw, a 500 acre farmstead four miles to the south of the town of where his father was the tenant.