Well-spotted, Billie! Not everyone will agree with me but I would say that there jolly well should be a town in Berwickshire called Berwick and that town is Berwick-upon-Tweed. As you have indicated, the town which gives its name to a county is normally situated in that county - Aberdeen is in Aberdeenshire, Bedford is in Bedfordshire, Chester is in Cheshire - and Berwickshire certainly gets its name from Berwick. However, for more than 500 years Berwick has not only been officially in another county, she has also been officially in another country! Northumberland, England. You see Berwick used to be a very very important place and when England and Scotland were continually invading one another, the first thing they wanted was Berwick. The last time she was handed over to England was not long before the Battle of Flodden, a defeat which Scotland took a long time to recover from. By the time Scotland had recovered, her king, James VI was on his way to take over the English throne as well. He wanted to rule over the whole island as one. So Berwick remained, officially in England. But you only have to look at the map, at the way the border runs happily along the Tweed until it is hoiked out of the river and heads north in order to go round to the north of Berwick, to see that something is wrong. The border is in the wrong place. Berwick belongs to Berwickshire, and to Scotland. It even looks Scottish. It's obvious. I hope that answers your question.