Haaick

Haaick
Scots Gaelic: *Hamhaig^[1]*
Inglis: *Hawick*
Haaick Scots Gaelic: Hamhaig; Inglis: Hawick;
	; Hawick frae the tap o the Mote
	Haaick Location within the Mairches
Area	1.9 sq mi (4.9 km2)
Population	14,294 (2011 census)
• Density	7,523/sq mi (2,905/km2)
Leid	Inglis; Soothren Scots
OS grid reference	NT505155
• Edinburgh	39.7 mi (63.9 km) NNW
• Lunnon	292 mi (470 km) SSE
Cooncil area	The Mairches;
Lieutenancy area	Roxburgh, Ettrick an Lauderdale;
Kintra	Scotland
Sovereign state	Unitit Kinrick
Post toun	HAWICK
Postcode destrict	TD9
Diallin code	01450
Police	Scots
Fire	Scots
Ambulance	Scots
EU Pairlament	Scotland
UK Pairlament	Berwickshire, Roxburgh an Selkirk;
Scots Pairlament	Ettrick, Roxburgh an Berwickshire;
Wabsteid	scotborders.gov.uk
	Leet o places UK Scotland 55°25′20″N 2°47′15″W / 55.422145°N 2.787549°WCoordinates: 55°25′20″N 2°47′15″W / 55.422145°N 2.787549°W

Hawick or Haaick (soondit "hoik" or, gey informalie, "heik"; Scots Gaelic: Hamhaig) is a toun in the Mairches in the sooth o Scotland. It's maist weil-kent for its yeirlie Common Ridin that celebrates the youth frae the toun's win ower an Inglis raidin pairtie in 1514 - weimin cudna ryd in it till no ower lang syn. It's ane o the faurest touns frae the sie in Scotland an it byds in the hert o Teviotdale. Hawick's the mukkilest toun in the coontie o Roxburghshire anaw, an it's awfu weil-kent for the makkin o qualitie knitweir. Mansfield Pairk, a rugby grund in Hawick, is the hame o Hawick RFC anaw.

Fowk frae Hawick caws thaimsels "Teri"s, eftir yon tradeitional sang that haes the line "Teribus y Teriodin" in it - sum fowk haes pit it ower as meinin "laund o daith an laund o Odin". Mair recent, the meinin o "Teri" micht cud be deskrived as bein sumbodie that's bade in Hawick sae suin as thay cud hae duin, sin aw the bairns o paurents frae Hawick frae Julie 1988 wul hae been born in the Borders General Hospital in Melrose.

Hawick ligs in the dale o the Teviot at the pynt that the River Slitrig gangs an jyns it. The A7 Edinburgh ti Cairlisle road gangs throu the toun, wi main roads leadin ti Kelsae an Newcastle anaw. The toun lost its rail serviss in 1969 bit thar's a raiglar bus serviss til the railwey station at Cairle, 50 mile awa. If ye wantit ti flee sumwhaur the naurest steids ti flee frae ar at Edinburgh an Newcastle.

Rivalrie atwein the smaw Mairches touns is gey aften play'd oot on the rugby feild but the aft-comical historical antagonism haes lessent in recent yeirs as the economic fortuin o the region haes dwyn'd.

In the 2001 census, it haed 14,801 indwallers, makkin it the mukkilest toun in the Scots Mairches.

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References

↑ An Stòr-dàta Briathrachais, www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk. Retrieved 2010-02-03.
↑ Town Size. Retrieved 2014-05-15.

Fremmit airtins

Hawick Online Archived 2010-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
Hawick News Archived 2006-09-01 at the Wayback Machine

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[Gaelic-1] An Stòr-dàta Briathrachais, www2.smo.uhi.ac.uk. Retrieved 2010-02-03.

[Pop.-2] Town Size. Retrieved 2014-05-15.

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