Berwick Upon Tweed - Late Afternoon drive
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2022
- Berwick-upon-Tweed (/ˈbɛrɪk/ (listen)), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England. Located 2+1⁄2 mi (4 km) south of the Anglo-Scottish border, it is the northernmost town in England.[a][1] The 2011 United Kingdom census recorded Berwick's population as 12,043.[2]
The town is situated at the mouth of the River Tweed on the east coast, approximately 56 mi (90 km) east-south east of Edinburgh, 65 mi (105 km) north of Newcastle upon Tyne, and 345 mi (555 km) north of London. Uniquely for England, the town is located slightly further north than Denmark's capital Copenhagen and the southern tip of Sweden further east of the North Sea, which Berwick borders.
Berwick was founded as an Anglo-Saxon settlement during the time of the Kingdom of Northumbria, which was annexed by England in the 10th century.[3] A civil parish and town council were formed in 2008 comprising the communities of Berwick, Spittal and Tweedmouth.[4] It is the northernmost civil parish in England.
The area was for more than 400 years central to historic border wars between the Kingdoms of England and Scotland, and several times possession of Berwick changed hands between the two kingdoms. The last time it changed hands was when Richard of Gloucester retook it for England in 1482.[5] To this day, many Berwickers feel a close affinity to Scotland.[6] Both Berwick Rangers Football Club and Berwick Rugby Football Club play in Scottish leagues.
Berwick remains a traditional market town and also has some notable architectural features, in particular its medieval town walls, its Georgian Town Hall, its Elizabethan ramparts, and Britain's earliest barracks buildings, which Nicholas Hawksmoor built (1717-1721) for the Board of Ordnance.
Sorry to inform you but Berwick-upon-Tweed is in England and has been for the last five hundred years 🏴
Oh I didn’t know that. I knew I should of thrown away that 600 year old map I was using to find my way around the UK.
@Scotty Berwick is English... FOREVER !! 🏴🏴🏴 Remember the battle of Flodden ⚔️⚔️⚔️
@Scotty haha definitely a dual nationality, love the culture there. Think it was part of England though until battle of Carham in 1016 before it was ever in Scotland . In fact the land north of the tweed was Northumbria also. The name is old English along with most of the other place names in the area. Anyway lovely auld toon either way.
Before the Anglos arrived the people were native Britons who spoke a language relating to old welsh when the Anglos took over the land the natives that were Britons became Anglo saxons
Wouldn’t some people from saxony have to come to be Anglo-Saxon?
What he is meant to say is scotland to berwick
Yeah, I can’t remember it’s been so long ago. Thats what I have on the thumbnail it looks like.
berwick is in england not scotland, my cousins live there and im going there in summer