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Melrose (Scottish Gaelic: Maolros, "bald moor") [2] is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire. [3] It lies within the Eildon committee area of Scottish Borders Council .
The areas protected by the national scenic area (NSA) designation are considered to represent the type of scenic beauty "popularly associated with Scotland and for which it is renowned". [9] The Eildon and Leaderfoot NSA covers 3877 ha, and extends to include the town of Melrose, Scott's View and Leaderfoot Viaduct. [10]
Map of places in the Scottish Borders compiled from this list See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties.. This list of places in the Scottish Borders includes towns, villages, hamlets, castles, golf courses, historic houses, hillforts, lighthouses, nature reserves, reservoirs, rivers, and other places of interest in the Scottish Borders council area of Scotland
The county has a population of 48,639 (in 2011), [6] which is 43% of the population of the Scottish Borders area. [7] Today, the main towns in the county are (population in 2011): Jedburgh — 4,030; Hawick — 14,294; Kelso — 5,639; Melrose — 2,307; Hawick is now by far the largest town, with 29% of the county's population.
From 1845 to 1930, parishes formed part of the local government system of Scotland: having parochial boards from 1845 to 1894, and parish councils from 1894 until 1930.. The parishes, which had their origins in the ecclesiastical parishes of the Church of Scotland, often overlapped county boundaries, largely because they reflected earlier territorial divisions.
Newton St Boswells, Newtown Parish Church (Church Of Scotland) Including Boundary Walls And Railings (Former United Presbyterian) 55°34′32″N 2°40′00″W / 55.575522°N 2.666798°W / 55.575522; -2.666798 ( Newton St Boswells, Newtown Parish Church (Church Of Scotland) Including Boundary Walls And Railings (Former United ...
The Melrose Resort, which was developed in the 1980s, has been abandoned on Daufuskie Island for over a decade after the private owners ran into financial problems. Today, there are about 400 ...
These cover most of the Scottish Borders council area (including Galashiels, Lauder, Gordon, Earlston, Kelso, Melrose, Selkirk, Jedburgh, Hawick, Newcastleton, Duns, Coldstream, Cockburnspath and Eyemouth) and the northernmost part of Northumberland (including Berwick-upon-Tweed, Cornhill-on-Tweed and Mindrum), plus a part of south-eastern East ...