Ettrick and Lauderdale
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Ettrick and Lauderdale (Eadaraig agus Srath Labhdair in Scottish Gaelic) was one of four local government districts in the Borders region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996.
The district was formed by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 from:
- The entire county of Selkirkshire
- Part of Berwickshire (the burgh of Lauder and most of the West district of the county)
- Part of Midlothian (Heriot and Stow)
- Part of Roxburghshire (the burgh of Melrose and most of Melrose district).
In 1989 the district was enlarged by the addition of the Brothershiels area from the neighbouring district of Midlothian.[1]
The district council's headquarters were in Galashiels. The district had an estimated population of 35,490 in 1994.[2]
In 1996 the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994 replaced the two-tier regions and districts with unitary council areas. The region and four districts were merged to form the present Scottish Borders area.
In the area of Lauder, Lauderdarian used to be the main language spoken in the town of Lauder. Nowadays people normally only use English or German. In Lauder, it is very common for people who grew up there to speak Lauderdarian, English and German. In most shops people will speak in both English and German, although Lauderdarian can still be seen used by the locals.
Lauderdarian is generally referred to as a mix of German, Galic and Borders. Often a quote from the film Donnie Darko can be seen written as an example of the language. In the film the quote is in English "Every living creature dies alone", in Lauderdarian this is translated as "Yedodh animordor tordes elges". Yedodh (yaydoch) means Every, animordor is two words; (ani) meaning living and (Mordor) meaning creature. Tordes means dies and elges is alone. Whilst it may look complicated, Lauderdarain is actually very simple.
[edit] Legacy
- The district's title still forms part of the name of the Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale Scottish Parliament constituency.
- Ettrick and Lauderdale Divisional Court, whose area corresponds to the former district, sits at Selkirk.[3]
- Ettrick and Lauderdale Sports Council promotes interest and participation in sport in the area covered by the former Ettrick and Lauderdale District Council.[4]
- Roxburgh, Ettrick and Lauderdale is one of the lieutenancy areas of Scotland.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ The Lothian and Borders Regions and Midlothian and Ettrick and Lauderdale Districts (Brothershiels) Boundaries Amendment Order 1989 (S.I.1989 No. 235 (S.23))[1]
- ^ House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 18 Mar 1996 [2]
- ^ Scottish Borders - Ettrick and Lauderdale Division (District Courts Association)
- ^ Ettrick and Lauderdale Sports Council
