Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical . into the county for parlia-mentary purposes, but under the Act of 1868 it nowunites with Galashiels and Hawick in returning onemember to parliament. The parliamentary burgh iscoterminous with the royal burgh, and has a constitu-ency of 900. Extensive works in connection with thewater supply were undertaken in 1866-67 ; and in 1876the sewerage having been declared inefficient in a specialreport prepared at the instance of the board of super-vision, a complete drainage system was introduc
Ordnance gazetteer of Scotland : a survey of Scottish topography, statistical, biographical and historical . into the county for parlia-mentary purposes, but under the Act of 1868 it nowunites with Galashiels and Hawick in returning onemember to parliament. The parliamentary burgh iscoterminous with the royal burgh, and has a constitu-ency of 900. Extensive works in connection with thewater supply were undertaken in 1866-67 ; and in 1876the sewerage having been declared inefficient in a specialreport prepared at the instance of the board of super-vision, a complete drainage system was introduced,the sewage being dispersed by irrigation. Valuation ofreal property in the burgh (1851) £0904, (1876) £15,433,(1885) £22,898. Pop. (1831) 1880, (1861) 3695, (1871)4640, (1881) 6090, of whom 3251 were females, and 5977were in the police burgh. Houses (1881) occupied ] 153,vacant 64, building 3. History.—Shielkirk, or the kirk planted beside theshiels of herdsmen and hunters in the Forest, is themodern equivalent of Scheleschirche, the earliest spell-ing of the name on record. In 1113 Earl David-. Seal of Selkirk. afterwards David I.—founded at Selkirk a Tyronensianabbey. The erection of a royal castle was probably pos-terior to that of the church, as he speaks of a road be-tween the castle and the old town ; but after 13 yearsthe abbey was removed for convenience to Kelso ; andthe distinction between Selkirk Abbatis, or the villagebeside the abbey, and Selkirk Regis, or the village besidethe castle, gradually disappeared as the places mergedin one. David I. seems to have preferred Roxburghto Selkirk as a place of residence ; but the lattercastle was frequently inhabited by William the Lyon,who dated several of his charters from it. AlexanderII. and Alexander III. also spent some time at Selkirk;but after the accession of Robert I. it seems to haveceased to be a royal residence, though still regarded as atown of the kings demesne. Selkirk made some figurein the war of s
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