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| − | '''Greenlaw''' is a small town in [[Berwickshire]], south-east [[Scotland]]. After the final cession of [[Berwick | + | '''Greenlaw''' is a small town in [[Berwickshire]], south-east [[Scotland]]. After the final cession of [[Berwick upon Tweed]] to [[England]] in 1482, Greenlaw became the county town of [[Berwickshire]]. It finally lost this status to [[Duns]] in 1904, its legal and jurisdictional dignities having slipped across to its larger rival by stages across the intervening centuries. |
[[Category:Scottish Towns and Cities]] | [[Category:Scottish Towns and Cities]] | ||
Revision as of 11:18, March 8, 2008
Greenlaw is a small town in Berwickshire, south-east Scotland. After the final cession of Berwick upon Tweed to England in 1482, Greenlaw became the county town of Berwickshire. It finally lost this status to Duns in 1904, its legal and jurisdictional dignities having slipped across to its larger rival by stages across the intervening centuries.