Berwickshire

Berwickshire is a historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area in the Scottish Borders. It takes its name from Berwick-upon-Tweed, which was part of Scotland at the time of the county's formation, but became part of England in 1482.Formerly the county was often called "the Merse", from Old English '''', "border". From 1596 to 1890 the county town was Greenlaw. However, this was changed to Duns by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1889, the act which established the system of county councils in Scotland.The county borders Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire to the west, East Lothian and Midlothian to the north, the North Sea to the east and a portion of the Anglo-Scottish border with Northumberland to the south.Local governmentPrior to 1975 Berwickshire contained four burghs and three districts: The royal burgh of Lauder The burgh of Coldstream The burgh of Duns The burgh of Eyemouth The districts of: