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'''Roxburghshire''' (occasionally abbreviated '''Rox.''') is a county of the [[Anglo-Scottish border]] region, lying in the [[Southern Uplands]] of [[Scotland]]. With an area of 666 sq mi, the county is almost co-extensive with Teviotdale. The county is named after the former royal burgh of [[Roxburgh]], which has been in ruins since the 15th century in ruins but still lends its name to a village and civil parish. The county town is [[Jedburgh]] and the largest settlement in [[Hawick]].

'''Roxburghshire''' (occasionally abbreviated '''Rox.''') is a county of the [[Anglo-Scottish border]] region, lying in the [[Southern Uplands]] of [[Scotland]]. With an area of 666 sq mi, the county is almost co-extensive with Teviotdale. The county is named after the former royal burgh of [[Roxburgh]], which has been in ruins since the 15th century in ruins but still lends its name to a village and civil parish. The county town is [[Jedburgh]] and the largest settlement in [[Hawick]].

Within the former Brittonic-speaking region of ''Yr Hen Ogledd'' ("The Old North") and, from the 7th-9th century, the Anglian kingdom of [[Northumbria]], Roxburghshire emerged as a sheriffdom of the Kingdom of Scotland in the 12th century.

Within the former Brittonic-speaking region of ''[[Yr Hen Ogledd]]'' ("The Old North") and, from the 7th-9th century, the Anglian kingdom of [[Northumbria]], Roxburghshire emerged as a sheriffdom of the Kingdom of Scotland in the 12th century.

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