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Peebles was founded in 1891 by William Smith Peebles, who opened his first store in Lawrenceville, Virginia. Peebles mainly concentrated on small towns that didn’t have department stores, thus avoiding bigger cities and higher rents. In 1981 the company acquired The Collins Company, a line of mid-priced, comparable stores.
1689 map of Scotland showing "Twedale" as covering the combined area of Peeblesshire and Selkirkshire. Tweeddale was a historic district or province in the Middle Ages, bordering Teviotdale and the Marches to the east, Liddesdale and Annandale to the south, Clydesdale to the west and Lothian to the north.
Peebles began a going out of business sale on December 3, 2003 before closing in January 2004. [21] Around this time, management of C&J Associates announced plans for renovation. As part of these plans, some store leases were not renewed. [22] Chick-fil-A closed on December 31, 2005. [23]
Peebles High School is a state run comprehensive school for girls and boys aged 11–18 [a] located in Peebles in the Scottish Borders. It was originally named Bonnington Park Academy in 1858. Since then, it has expanded and is now attended by 1,500 pupils from all over the Tweeddale area.
Peebles (Scottish Gaelic: Na Pùballan) [3] is a town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland. 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.
The Chambers Institution is a municipal structure in the High Street in Peebles, Scotland. The structure, which was designed to accommodate a library, a museum, an art gallery and Peebles Burgh Hall , is a Category A listed building .
Peebles is a village in Adams County, Ohio, United States. It is 64 miles (103 km) east of Cincinnati. The population was 1,774 at the 2020 census. History.
Peebles Corporation is a privately held real estate investment and development company. Headquartered in Miami Beach , with offices in New York and Washington, DC, the company was founded by R. Donahue Peebles in 1983.