Peeblesshire

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the county, which was matriculated by the Lord Lyon in 1931, ia as follows: Quarterly, 1st sable five fraises (strawberry leaves) argent; 2nd azure, a horse's head couped argent; 3rd vert, a fleece or; 4th or, fretty gules, on a chief embattled of the last, two thunderbolts of the first. The arms are supported by two salmon proper, and the crest is a Border cavalryman. The motto is ONWARD TWEEDDALE. The first quarter is the arms of Fraser of Oliver Castle, a prominent local laird; the second, that of Horsburgh, another prominent local laird; the third, a reference to the area's wool industry; and the fourth, that of M. G. (later Sir Michael) Thorburn of Glenormiston, who was sheriff of Peebles at the time of the arms' matriculation.

Civil parishes

1. Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho (union of Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho)
2. Drumelzier
3. Eddleston
4. Innerleithen
5. Kirkurd
6. Linton
7. Lyne, Scottish Borders
8. (formerly Lyne and Megget)
9. Manor, Scottish Borders
10. Newlands, Scottish Borders
11. Peebles
12. Skirling
13. Stobo Stobo Castle
14. Traquair
15. Tweedsmuir

Community Councils

(Scottish Borders Scheme for the Establishment of Community Councils)

1. Carlops
2. Eddleston
3. Innerleithen and District
4. Lamancha, Newlands and Kirkurd
5. Manor, Stobo and Lyne
6. Royal Burgh of Peebles and District
7. Skirling
8. Tweedsmuir
9. Upper Tweed
10. Walkerburn
11. West Linton

Surnames

The most common surnames in Peeblesshire at the time of the United Kingdom Census of 1881 by order of incidence were:

1. Scott
2. Brown
3. Wilson
4. Tait
5. Anderson
6. Thomson
7. Smith
8. Watson
9. Veitch
10. Murray