Museums, archives and heritage in Selkirkshire

Selkirkshire, an inland county in the SE. of Scotland; is bounded N. by Edinburghshire, E. by Roxburghshire, S. by Dumfriesshire, and W. by Peeblesshire; greatest length, NE. and SW., 28 miles; greatest breadth, NW. and SE., 17 miles; area, 164,545 acres, population 25,564. The surface, rising in a succession of verdant uplands or heath-clad hills, … Read more

Museums, archives and heritage in Ross & Cromarty

Cromartyshire Cromartyshire, small county, in the N. of Scotland, consisting of 20 detached portions merged in Ross-shire, so that for political and most practical purposes it is treated as a component part of that county. See Ross-shire. – John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887) Cromarty Courthouse Museum Church Street Cromarty IV11 8XA 01381 … Read more