Berwickshire
Berwickshire is a
committee area of the
Scottish Borders Council and a
Lieutenancy area of
Scotland, on the
border with
England.
Berwickshire was formerly one of the ancient
traditional county, but was abolished in 1975. From 1975 until 1996 Berwickshire was a
District Council within the former
Borders Regional Council.
Its traditional
county town, after which it is named, had been
Berwick-upon-Tweed, but the town changed hands in 1482 and has been part of the county of
Northumberland, in England, ever since. Berwickshire was sometimes unofficially called
Duns-shire because of this
anomaly.
Places in Berwickshire include
Coldstream,
Duns,
Eyemouth,
Earlston,
Lauder,
Swinton,
Foulden, and
Greenlaw.
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Subdivisions of Scotland
