Ettrick, Scottish Borders

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Ettrick is a settlement in Scottish Borders

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Ettrick within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Ettrick in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Ettrick, pastoral par., S. Selkirkshire, 42,357 ac., pop. 397; the church stands on Ettrick Water, 18½ miles SW. of Selkirk. James Hogg (1772-1835), "the Ettrick Shepherd, " was a native, and is buried in the churchyard, where also lies Thomas Boston (1676-1732), author of The Fourfold State.

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