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It was historically a royal burgh and the county town of Peeblesshire. According to the 2011 census , the population was 8,376 [ 4 ] and the estimated population in June 2018 was 9,000. [ 5 ]
Atlantic hurricane across southern England and the English Channel, deaths chiefly at sea, including 1083 in naval ships wrecked on Goodwin Sands [40] 7,600: Winter of 1894–95: 1894–1895 (December–February) An 8-week period of severe cold weather with a weekly death rate of around 950. [41] 6,500+ [42] [43] 1729 Influenza epidemic
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The origins of Peeblesshire are obscure, but it became a shire sometime around the twelfth century, covering part of the historic district or province of Tweeddale.The southern part of Tweeddale became the sheriffdom of Selkirkshire, also known as Ettrick Forest, whilst the northern part of Tweeddale was initially divided into two sheriffdoms, based at Peebles and Traquair, before those two ...
Peeblesshire — historic county and current lieutenancy area, in the Scottish Borders, southeastern Scotland. The Tweeddale committee area corresponds to the former County of Peeblesshire. The main article for this category is Peeblesshire .
Skirling is a parish, community council area and village in Peeblesshire in the Scottish Borders situated 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles east of Biggar in Lanarkshire. Biggar Water, a tributary the River Tweed forms the southern boundary of the parish with the parish of Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho. It is also bounded by that parish on the east, namely ...
After studying meteorology [3] at the Met Office College in Berkshire, Oxberry joined BBC North West in 1995 as its first dedicated weather presenter. [6] Alongside her forecasting work, she also co-presented the weekday breakfast programme on BBC Radio Manchester (alongside Eamonn O'Neal) and worked as a relief newsreader and presenter for ...
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