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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.
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.
Peeblesshire (Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd nam Pùballan), the County of Peebles or Tweeddale is a historic county of Scotland. Its county town is Peebles , and it borders Midlothian to the north, Selkirkshire to the east, Dumfriesshire to the south, and Lanarkshire to the west.
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.
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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 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.