ROXBURGH, a co. in Scotland, comprising the districts of Teviotdale and Liddes dale, with part of Tweeddale, extending in length about 40 in., and in breadth 28 to 30 in., is bounded on the e. and s. by Northumberland and Cumberland; on the s.w, by Dumfriesshire; on the w. by Selkirk; and on the a. by Berwickshire. The physical aspect of the county is varied and picturesque, having the Cheviot and Lauriston hills bounding a considerable portion of its borders. The Cheviots do not rise to any great height, the highest not exceeding 2,000 feet. The herbage is green to the Summit, and affords valuable pasture to sheep. The interior of the county is generally composed of good soil; and the farms being mostly large, and held by men. of capital and skill, it is farmed to the greatest advantage. The chief river is the Tweed, which flows through the northern districts of the county. The Teviot runs through the county a distance of 40 m., and tails into the Tweed at Kelso. There arc several other streams of note, the Allan, the Slitrig, the Jed, the Gala, etc.
Roxburgh possesses an interesting history in connection with border feuds of former days; and it has many magnificent remains of monastic life and institutions, which, with its many legends and traditional stories, render it of much interest.
The proprietors arc not numerous—the dukes of Roxburghe and Buccleuch, the marquis of Lothian, the earl of ,pinto, and a few others holding a great proportion of it. The area is 670 sq.m., or 428,494 acres. To the eye of a traveler Roxburgh is the county of Perth in miniature. The valued rent of it in 1674 was £26,222 sterling; the new valuation for 1875-76 wasS'..420,161, including railways. In 1876 the total acreage under all kinds or crops, bare fallow, and grass, was 174,525; there was of wheat, 1165 acres; of barley, 16,456; of oats, 32,737; rye, 124; beans, 520; peas, 75. The total number of acres under corn crops was 51,077. The parliamentary constituency in 1875-76 was 1860. Pop. '61, 54,119; '71, 53,965. The county town is Jedburg.