0 an area of southeastern Scotland that was a county (= an area with its own local government) until 1975:
His family's roots were in Selkirkshire.
A stained-glass window was dedicated to Sir Walter Scott at Caddonfoot Kirk, in Selkirkshire.
John Murray of Fala was high sheriff of Selkirkshire in 1509.
He proposed to survey Selkirkshire, Fife, and Kinross-shire.