Peeblesshire

Peeblesshire

Peeblesshire

Situación geográfica de Peeblesshire, en Escocia.

Peeblesshire (Siorrachd nam Pùballan en gaélico), el Condado de Peebles o Tweeddale era un condado de Escocia. Su capital era Peebles, y limitaba con Midlothian al norte, Selkirkshire al este, Dumfriesshire al sur, y Lanarkshire al oeste.[1]

Tras la reorganización local de gobierno de 1975, el uso del término "Peeblesshire" pasó al olvido, y la región pasó a ser gobernada como el distrito de Tweeddale.

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  • Peeblesshire — (spr. pībls schīr, Tweeddale), Grafschaft im südlichen Schottland, den obern Teil des Tweedtals umfassend, wird von den Grafschaften Edinburg, Selkirk, Dumfries und Lanark eingeschlossen und hat ein Areal von 922 qkm (16,79 QM.) mit (1901) 15,066 …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Peeblesshire — 55°45′N 3°15′W / 55.75, 3.25 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Peeblesshire — Lage von Peeblesshire in Schottland Peeblesshire ist eine traditionellen Grafschaft im Südosten von Schottland. Verwaltungssitz und namensgebender Ort war die Stadt Peebles. Als Verwaltungsgrafschaft bestand Peeblesshire zwischen 1890 und 1975… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Peeblesshire — infobox Scotland county County= Peebles SizeRank= 25th Size= 222,240 acres (899 km²) Water= ? CountyTown= Peebles ChapmanCode=PEEPeeblesshire ( Siorrachd nam Pùballan in Gaelic), the County of Peebles or Tweeddale was a county of Scotland. Its… …   Wikipedia

  • Peeblesshire — ▪ former county, Scotland, United Kingdom also called  Peebles        historic county of southeastern Scotland that forms a triangle between the historic counties of Midlothian (north and northeast), Selkirkshire (east and southeast),… …   Universalium

  • Peeblesshire, or Tweeddale —    PEEBLESSHIRE, or TWEEDDALE, an inland county, in the southern part of Scotland, bounded on the north by Edinburghshire, on the east by Selkirkshire and Edinburghshire, on the south by the county of Dumfries, and on the west by Lanarkshire. It… …   A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • Peeblesshire (UK Parliament constituency) — UK former constituency infobox Name = Peeblesshire Type = County Year = 1708 Abolition = 1868 members = OnePeeblesshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (Westminster) from 1708 until 1868.… …   Wikipedia

  • Peeblesshire — geographical name see Peebles 1 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • PEEBLESSHIRE —    (19), a lowland Scottish county bordered by Lanark, Midlothian, Selkirk, and Dumfries; comprises hilly pastoral land watered by the upper Tweed; Windlestraw, Hartfell, and Broadlaw are the highest of its grassy hills; among the lesser rivers… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Peeblesshire —  Former Scottish county. Note ss …   Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

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