Selkirk, Scottish Borders
Selkirk is a town and historic royal burgh in the Scottish Borders council district of southeastern Scotland. It lies on the Ettrick Water, a tributary of the River Tweed.
Selkirk town centre, showing the town house and the statue of Sir Walter Scott
Old Parish Church, Selkirk
Interior of Old Parish Church, Selkirk (Kirk O'The Forest)
Selkirk Town House in Selkirk Market Place
A royal burgh was a type of Scottish burgh which had been founded by, or subsequently granted, a royal charter. Although abolished by law in 1975, the term is still used by many former royal burghs.
Falkland in Fife, created a royal burgh in 1458
Burghs by 1153