Roxburgh
Civil parish in Roxburghshire, Scotland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the Scottish burgh. For other places with the same name, see Roxburgh (disambiguation).
Roxburgh (/ˈrɒksbərə/) 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).
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Roxburgh
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Location within the Scottish Borders | |
Population | 419 (2001) |
OS grid reference | NT713337 |
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Lieutenancy area | |
Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | KELSO |
Postcode district | TD5 |
Dialling code | 01573 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
UK Parliament | |
Scottish Parliament | |
55.5965°N 2.4562°W / 55.5965; -2.4562 |
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