Selkirk
The following tables provides a register of Common Good assets held in respect of Selkirk.
Where relevant, links to plans of land or buildings are provided.
Land
Name of Asset |
Ref No |
Location |
Description |
Plan page number |
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The Green Hut |
SK023/01 |
West Port, Selkirk |
Acquired by the Burgh in 1969 and initially used as a Housing Department Maintenance Depot. |
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Sir Walter Scott Statue
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SK027/04 |
Market Place, Selkirk |
Site believed to be held under Burgh Charter and therefore Common Good. |
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Pant Well
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SK027/06 |
Market Place, Selkirk |
Site believed to be held under Burgh Charter and therefore Common Good. |
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Victoria Hall Including Caretaker’s Flat Fletcher’s memorial
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SK029/02 SK027/05 |
Scotts Place, Selkirk, TD7 4LN
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Common Good due to common good dedication in title. |
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Pringle Park and play area |
SK030/03 SK030/07 |
Dovecot Park, Selkirk |
Donated to the Burgh in 1908 as recreation ground for the inhabitants of Selkirk. |
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Selkirk Golf Course |
SK033/02 |
Selkirk Hill, Selkirk |
Part of the Burgh Charter and therefore Common Good. |
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Selkirk Hill Grazings |
SK033/05 |
Selkirk Hill, Selkirk |
Part of the Burgh Charter and therefore Common Good. |
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Victoria Park Including play area, caravan Site, pavilion and swimming pool
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SK033/07 SK030/04 SK033/24 SK038/01 |
Buccleuch Road, Selkirk, TD7 5DN
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Majority of the site is held under the Burgh Charter. South western end (between old lade and Selkirk Bridge) was acquired by the Burgh Council in 1892 with a common good dedication in deed. Swimming pool currently operated by Live Borders |
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Selkirk Town Hall And clock
Including 26 & 28 Market PLace |
SK033/10 |
Market Place, Selkirk, TD7 4BL
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The Town and County Hall and Steeple was acquired in 1871 from the Sheriff of Roxburgh and Selkirk and others as trustees for behoof of heritors of the County by Provost and Magistrates of Burgh on behalf of themselves and the community of the Burgh of Selkirk. |
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South Common Farm Including South Common Plantations And South Common Shootings |
SK033 SK033/11 SK033/18 |
South Common, Selkirk |
Part of the Burgh Charter and therefore Common Good. |
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Smedheugh Farm Including Smedheugh Farm – Shootings Smedheugh Plantations |
SK033/04 |
Smedheugh, Selkirk |
Part of the Burgh Charter and therefore Common Good. |
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Linglie Farm Including Linglie Plantations Linglie Farm Shootings Linglie Mast Site |
SK033/06 SK033/15 |
Linglie, Selkirk |
Part of the Burgh Charter and therefore Common Good. |
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Civic Amenity Site |
SK040/01 |
Riverside Road, Selkirk, TD7 5DN |
Part of the Burgh Charter and therefore Common Good. |
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Rosebank Quarry Former Tip Site And play area
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SK043/01 SK043/02 |
Selkirk |
Part of this land (original site) was bought in 1901 with a view to provision of public water supply, with the price coming from Common Good funds. Two additional areas (1124 sq yds acquired in 1958 and 151.8 sq. mtr acquired in 2004) are not Common Good. |
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Shawpark Road Development Site
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SK048/01 |
Shawpark Road, Selkirk
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No common good dedication in the title deeds, but equally no reference to acquisition for statutory purposes and no information found in Burgh Council Minutes so presumed to be Common Good. |
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Salmon Fishings |
SK033/19 |
Ettrick Water |
Title reacquired from Crown Estate Commissioners 2006 by the Scottish Borders Council "as Trustee of the Common Good". |
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Bog Park Recreation Park and Playground
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SK033/20 SK033/23 |
Selkirk |
The land was acquired by the Burgh Council in 1942 using Common Good funds. |
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Park/Garden At Shawburn Road/Raeburn Place |
SK033/21 |
Raeburn Place, Selkirk
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The land was acquired in 1970 by the Burgh Council for £153. No Common Good dedication in title. Nothing found in Minute Books. |
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Shawburn Toll Embankment |
SK033/22 |
Ettrick Terrace, Selkirk
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The land was acquired in 1930 by the Burgh Council (at junction of Raeburn Place and Ettrick Terrace) so that the property could be reserved for public use during the Common Riding. |
Art and Artefacts
Name of asset |
Location |
Description |
Ceremonial and related items |
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Provosts Badge & Chain |
Selkirk courthouse |
Insignia and Chain of the Provost of Selkirk, comprising badge suspended from chain, applied with shield-shaped panels. Presumed to be gold. |
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Baillies Badges & Chains |
Selkirk courthouse |
Two Silver and enamel badges and chains of office, presented to the Royal burgh of Selkirk, May 1937 |
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Burgess Cup |
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Silver Cup and cover |
Selkirk courthouse |
Edinburgh 1815, deep cup shaped on pedestal foot, lid surmounted with the Madonna inscribed “Given by The Right hon. Walter Earl of Dalkeith to the Ancient Burgh of Selkirk, 1816” |
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Burgess Roll |
Selkirk courthouse |
Bound volume commencing 1913 |
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Silver Arrow Display Case |
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Copy of Royal Charter |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Photocopy of Selkirk’s oldest existing Royal Charter, granted in 1535 by King Kames V, accompanies with modern translation |
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Air view map of Royal Burgh of Selkirk, framed |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Donated by Selkirk Antiquarian Society, 1960 |
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List of householders in Selkirk and vicinity, 1873, framed |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
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Certificate pf Matriculation of the Arms of the Royal burgh of Selkirk |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
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Ceremonial Burgh hallberds |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
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Paintings and Photographs |
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James Hogg “the Ettrick Shepherd” |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Oil portrait by Nicholson |
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After the Battle of Philiphaugh |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Watercolour by Tom Scott RSA |
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Flowers of the Forest (or Return from Flodden) |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Watercolour by Tom Scott RSA (name of painting uncertain) |
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The Legend of Ladywoodedge |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Watercolour by Tom Scott RSA |
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Yarrow Valley |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Watercolour by Tom Scott RSA |
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Selkirk: memories of Flodden |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Watercolour by Tom Scott RSA |
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Thomas Anderson, surgeon, Selkirk |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Oil portrait by Colvin Smith RSA |
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Henry Scott Anderson, MD, Provost 1868 - 80 |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Oil Portrait by George Reid RSA |
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Sir Walter Scott |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Copy portrait by Sir John Watson Gorden, 1830, together with plan of Abbotsford estate drawn by Sir Walter Scott |
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Sir Walter Scott |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Copy engraving of portrait by R M Hodgetts |
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Sir Walter Scott |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Copy engraving |
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Sir Walter Scott |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Engraved sketch |
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Sir Walter Scott |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Engraving by RW Sierier after Slater |
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Sir Walter Scott |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Engraved by Edward Mitchell after Sir Henry Raeburn |
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Sir Walter Scott |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Copy oil portrait by W. Yellowlees |
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Framed photograph of Andrew Lang |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
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Copy engraving of Mungo Park |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
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Engraving of Robert Burns |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Engraved by Edward Mitchell after Alexander Nasmyth |
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Conferment of the Freedom of Selkirk on the Royal Company of Archers, 1971 |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Framed photograph |
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Conferment of the Freedom of Selkirk on the Duke of Buccleuch and earl Home, 1963 |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Framed photograph |
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Conferment of the Freedom of Selkirk on the Kings own Scottish Borderers, 1953 |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Framed photograph |
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Dance of the Fairies, 1935 |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Photograph from Linglie Glen, of 400th anniversary celebrations |
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Engraving- Prince Leopold of Belgium |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
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Handwritten letters |
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Letters from Walter Scott’s daughter Charlotte |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Letter to Mr Archibald constable asking for the loan of some books |
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Letter from Sir Walter Scott |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
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Letters from Andrew Lang |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
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Letter from Mungo Park |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
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Signed copy of “Nithsdale” |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Signed copy of song “Nithsdale” by Robert Burns, dated 1795 |
Other items |
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Bust of Sir Walter Scott |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
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Shield |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Presented to the Burgh of Selkirk by the Kings Own Scottish Borderers |
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Shield |
Sir Walter Scott’s courtroom |
Presented to the people of Selkirk by the National Small Bore Rifle Association, in 1968 |
Common Good Fund
Name of Asset |
Description |
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Selkirk Common Good Fund |
Fund set up for the benefit of the inhabitants of Selkirk. The balance of the fund as at 1 April 2021 was £298,688. |
Assets under investigation
Name of Asset |
Description |
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Heatherlie Play Park |
The Council title for the play park at Heatherlie Park covers only part of the land area. SBC to investigate whether the remaining ownership can be ascertained in order to determine whether or not Common Good. |
Other assets of note
The following assets have been the subject of debate between ourselves and the Selkirk Common Good Research Group (SCCRG).
Name of asset |
Description |
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Selkirk Library and Governor’s House, Ettrick Terrace, Selkirk |
The Council believes this asset to have been acquired for statutory purposes in terms of the Public Libraries Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1887. The SCCRG believes this asset to be a Common Good asset. |
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Municipal Buildings, High Street, Selkirk |
The Council believes this asset was purchased by the Burgh Council for statutory purposes in terms of the Burgh Police Act 1892. The SCCRG believes this asset to be a Common Good asset. |