{"id":5442,"count":1,"description":"The Royal Burgh of Selkirk (Scottish Gaelic: Salcraig) is a town in the Borders of Scotland. It lies on the Ettrick Water, a tributary of the River Tweed. At the time of the 2001 census, Selkirk's population was 5,839. The people of the town are known as Souters, meaning cobblers(shoe makers and menders).\nSelkirk was formerly the county town of Selkirkshire. Selkirk is one of the oldest Royal Burghs in Scotland and is the site of the earliest settlements in what is now the Scottish Borders.\nSelkirk is the site of the first Border Abbey, however the community of Tironensian monks moved to Kelso during the reign of King David I. William Wallace, was declared guardian of Scotland in the town.\nBonnie Prince Charlie, the Marquess of Montrose and the Outlaw Murray all had connections with the town\nThe town's name originates from the Anglian Seleschirche, meaning 'Kirk in the Forest'. In 1113, King David I granted Selkirk large amounts of land.\nSelkirk's population grew up because of its...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/selkirk\/","name":"Selkirk","slug":"selkirk","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/5442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=5442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}