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ASHKIRK, village in Roxburghshire, and parish partly also in Selkirkshire. The village stands on Ale river, 6 miles north-north-west of Hawick, and has a post office under Hawick, a parochial church, a Free church, and a public school with about 100 scholars. The parish comprises 8339 acres in Roxburghshire, and 3369 in Selkirkshire. Real property in 1880-81, 5163 and 2738. Pop. 362 and 138. The surface includes pieces of level land on the Ale, but is elsewhere all hilly. There are 2 schools, with accommodation for 174 scholars.
