Details of Peebles

Peebles

Classification and Statistics

Settlement Type: small town

Population (2001): 8065

(1991): 7065

(1981): 6692

(1971): 5884

(1961): 5548

(1951): 6013

(1901): 5266
(Municipal Burgh)

(1881): 3495

(1871): 2631

(1861): 2045

(1841): 1908

(1831): 2750

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Text of Entry Updated: 25-JUN-2009

Location

Latitude: 55.6531°N Longitude: 3.1918°W

National Grid Reference: NT 251 406

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References and Further Reading
Williamson, Rev. Alex. (1895) Glimpses of Peebles. George Lewis & Co, Selkirk

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Council Area:	Scottish Borders
Features:	Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh Barony Castle Black Meldon Blackhope Scar Blackhouse Heights Blacklorg Hill Borders Crematorium Bowbeat Hill Bowbeat Wind Farm Cademuir Hill Cardon Law Castle Hill Castle Hill Castlehill Tower Chapelhill Cloich Hills Cringletie House Cross Kirk Cuddy Bridge Dollar Law Drochil Castle Drumelzier Law Dryhope Burn Dun Rig Eddleston Water Ettrick Forest Fotheringham Bridge Glenrath Heights Glenrath Hill	Glentress Forest Hallyards Harehope Hill Hay Lodge Hospital Horsbrugh Castle Horse Hope Hill Hunt Law Kirkhope Law Lyne Water Makeness Kipps Manor Water Moorfoot Hills Old Parish Church of Peebles Peebles Golf Course Penvalla Posso Tower Preston Law Rosetta Scottish Borders Campus Scrape, The Stob Law Stobo Castle Trahenna Hill Tweed, River Tweeddale Ven Law Wether Law White Meldon Winkston
Historical Counties:	Peeblesshire
Parishes:	Biggar Broughton, Glenholm & Kilbucho Caddonfoot Culter Dolphinton Drumelzier Eddleston Heriot Innerleithen Kirkurd Lyne	Manor Newlands Peebles Skirling Stobo Stow Traquair Tweedsmuir Walston Yarrow
People:	King Alexander III Scott Brash Rev. William Brown Anna Buchan (O. Douglas) John Buchan (1st Baron Tweedsmuir) Henry Calderwood Robert Chambers William Chambers Francis Charteris-Wemyss-Douglas (6th Earl of Wemyss; 4th Earl of March) John Colville (Baron Clydesmuir of Braidwood) Oliver Cromwell William Douglas (4th Duke of Queensberry; 3rd Earl of March) William Ewart Gladstone James Hogg (The Ettrick Shepherd)	John Adrian Louis Hope (Baron Glendevon) King James I Rev. Dr. John Lee Alister G. MacDonald Donald J. Macdonald Malcolm (Callum) Macdonald Captain Archibald Henry Maule Ramsay Mungo Park Sir David Steel (Lord Steel of Aikwood) Robert Louis Stevenson (Robert Lewis Balfour Stevenson) Sir Charles Tennant John Veitch Rev. William Veitch Joseph Westwood David (Dave) Willis
Settlements:	Auchendinny Blyth Bridge Broughton Cardrona Drumelzier Eddleston Edinburgh Eshiels Galashiels Hallyne	Hawick Innerleithen Kings Muir Kirkburn Kirkton Manor Lyne Nether Horsburgh Redscarhead Stobo Wormiston

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