Peebles and Selkirk
by G C Pringle
Rector , Burgh and County High School, Peebles, 1914

• County and Shire - The Origins of Peebles and Selkirk
• General Characteristics
• Size, Shape and Bounderies
• Surface and General Features
• Watershed, Rivers and Lochs
• Geology
• Natural History
• Climate and Rainfall
• People - Race, Language and Population
• Agriculture
• The Manufacture of Wool
• Minerals
• Fishing
• History of the Counties
• Antiquities - Pre-historic, British and Roman
• Architecture - Ecclesistical
• Architecture - Military: Castles and Peels
• Architecture - Domestic
• Communications - Past and Present
• Administration and Divisions
• The Roll of Honour
• The Chief Towns and Villages

Wander into Peebles

See a video of Weirs Way in Selkirk

A History of Peeblesshire
By William Chambers (1864) (pdf)
This is an excellent book about Peeblesshire and contains many illustrations which is why we offer it in pdf format which is very readable.

Gleanings from the Records of the Royal Burgh of Peebles
1604 - 1652 by Robert Renwick (1892) (pdf)

Charters and Documents relating to the Burgh of Peebles
With extracts from the Records of the burgh A.D. 1165 - 1710 (pdf)

Glimpses of Peebles
Or Forgotten Chapters in its History by the Rev. Alex. Williamson, FSAScot (1895) (pdf)