historic county of Selkirkshire

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The historic county of Selkirkshire is a former administrative region in the Scottish Borders, known for its rural landscapes, textile heritage, and association with the town of Selkirk.

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historic county of Selkirkshire canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative county
historic county
borderedBy Dumfriesshire
Midlothian
Peeblesshire
Roxburghshire
containsAdministrativeCenter Selkirk
containsTown Galashiels (partly, historically)
linked to: Galashiels

Innerleithen (partly, historically)
linked to: Innerleithen

Selkirk
containsValley Ettrick Valley
Yarrow Valley
containsVillage Ettrick
Yarrow
country Scotland
countryDuringExistence United Kingdom
dissolvedInto Scottish Borders council area
formerAdministrativeFunction local government county
hasCulturalRegion Scottish Borders
hasCulturalTradition Border ballads
Common Ridings (Selkirk Common Riding)
hasEconomicActivity textile industry
hasHeritage textile heritage
hasHistoricStatus lieutenancy area (historically)
registration county (historically)
hasLandscapeType rural
hasNotableAssociation Border reivers history
Scottish Borders textile industry
sheep farming
hasPrimaryEconomicBase agriculture
livestock farming
hasTerrain hills
moorland
river valleys
hasTraditionalIndustry tweed production
woollen mills
historicalCountyTown Selkirk
historicalRegion Borders
languageHistoricallySpoken English
Scots
locatedIn Scottish Borders region
linked to: Scottish Borders

Southern Uplands
namedAfter Selkirk
partOfConstituentCountry Scotland
traversedByRiver Ettrick Water
River Tweed (partly)
linked to: River Tweed

Yarrow Water

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Ettrick Water locatedIn historic county of Selkirkshire