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Berwickshire

British  
/ ˈbɛrɪkˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

  1. (until 1975) a county of SE Scotland: part of the Borders region from 1975 to 1996, now part of Scottish Borders council area

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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In recent years, she has added 11km to her farm in Berwickshire.

From BBC Nov. 3, 2025

Bee was used for several decades as a private pleasure boat before being acquired by the Berwickshire Marine Trust to teach traditional sailing skills.

From BBC Jan. 28, 2025

His political journey, spanning five decades, began in 1974 when he was first elected to parliament representing Berwickshire and East Lothian, returning to the Commons in 1979 as the member for Edinburgh South.

From BBC Oct. 1, 2024

The research was conducted around five shipwrecks off the Berwickshire coast, which are all thought to have sunk in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

From Science Daily Nov. 23, 2023

He studied medicine, but found it not to his liking and turned instead to farming, which he followed in a relaxed and scientific way on the family estate in Berwickshire.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson

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