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Common riding

A common riding, or riding of the marches, is an annual ceremony performed in certain Scottish burghs, particularly in the Borders. In the ceremony, a band of riders makes a circuit of the marches or boundaries of the town, ensuring that no neighbouring landowners are encroaching on the burghers' territory.

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Common riding festivals

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Overview

BurghsBordersBerwickHawickSelkirk
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related to Selkirk · 38
Common riding → Ancient Burgh, Appointment Night, April, Associations Standard Bearers, At, Attendant, Battle, Common Riding Trust, Crafts, English, Europe, Ex-Serviceman's, Fiona Deacon, Fletcher, Flodden, Friday, Galafoot, Galashiels, He, Held
related to Practices · 30
Common riding → Alongside, Annan, Biggar, Coldstream, Copshaw Riding, Currie, Denholm, Dumfries, Duns, Fleet, Galashiels, Gatehouse, Hawick, In, Jedburgh, Kelso, Kirkcudbright, Lockerbie, May, Melrose
related to External links · 16
Common riding → Callants ClubLauder Common Riding, Common Ridings, June, Kegan Paul LtdBBC Scotland, MarchesJeremy Sutton-Hibberts's Photo Essay, Nigel, Riding, Routledge, Scotland, Selkirk Common Riding, The Story, Tranter, Unsullied, Untarnished, Visit Scotland's, WebsiteHawick Common Riding WebsiteEdinburgh
related to Hawick · 15
Common riding → After, Border, Cornet, Cornet's Chase, English, Hornshole, It, Leonards, May, Nipknowes, Saturday, St, The, The Hawick Common Riding, Tuesday
related to Langholm · 15
Common riding → Although, Common Riding Day, Cornet, Every, It, Kirk Wynd, Langholm, Langholm's Common Riding, Langholm's Great Day, Langholmite, May, Monument, Over, Sir John Malcolm, The Public
related to Lauder · 12
Common riding → Burgess, Century, Drum, Failure, In Lauder, Lauder, Marches, The, The Riding, This, Town Drummer, Tuck
related to West Linton · 12
Common riding → Common Ridings, Friday, In, June, Saturday, Scots, The, The Linton Whipman, The Whipman Play, West Linton, Whipman, Whipmen Benevolent Society
related to Future concerns · 3
Common riding → Hawick Common Riding, In, The
is a · 2
Common riding → celebration of the history and traditions of the Royal and Ancient Burgh, first and largest of the Border festivals

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common town riding cornet flag place hawick selkirk day marches edinburgh standard ride burgh riders bearer around band ceremony jedburgh

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Common ridingis afirst and largest of the Border festivals0.90text
Common ridingis acelebration of the history and traditions of the Royal and Ancient Burgh0.90text
Common ridingrelated to External linksVisit Scotland's0.60section
Common ridingrelated to External linksCallants ClubLauder Common Riding0.60section
Common ridingrelated to External linksWebsiteHawick Common Riding WebsiteEdinburgh0.60section
Common ridingrelated to External linksRiding0.60section
Common ridingrelated to External linksMarchesJeremy Sutton-Hibberts's Photo Essay0.60section
Common ridingrelated to External linksCommon Ridings0.60section
Common ridingrelated to External linksUnsullied0.60section
Common ridingrelated to External linksUntarnished0.60section
Common ridingrelated to External linksTranter0.60section
Common ridingrelated to External linksNigel0.60section

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