THE See also:BORDERS
, a name applied to the territory on both sides of the boundary See also:line between See also:England and See also:Scotland
.
The See also:term has also a See also:literary and See also:historical as well as a See also:geographical sense, and is most frequently employed of the Scottish See also:side
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The line begins on the See also:coast of See also:Berwickshire at a spot 3 M
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N. by W. of See also:Berwick, and, after See also:running a See also:short distance W. and S., reaches the See also:Tweed near the See also:village of See also:Paxton, whence it keeps to the See also:river to a point just beyond Carham
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There it strikes off S.S.E. to the Cheviot Hills, the See also:watershed of which for 35 M. constitutes the boundary, which is thereafter formed by a See also:series of streams—Bells See also:Burn, the Kershope, Liddel and Esk
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After following the last named for r m. it cuts across See also:country due See also:west to the See also:Sark, which it follows to the river's mouth at the See also:head of the Solway See also:Firth
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The length of the boundary thus described is io8 m., but in a See also:direct line from the Solway to the See also:North See also:Sea the distance is only 70 M
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At the extreme See also:east end a small See also:district of 8 sq. m., consisting of the See also:tract north of the Tweed which is not included in Scotland, forms the " See also:bounds " or " liberties " of Berwick, or the country of the See also:- BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
- BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)
borough and See also:town of Berwick-on-Tweed
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At the extreme west between the Sark and Esk as far up the latter as its junction with the Liddel, there was a See also:strip of country, a " No See also:man's See also:land," for generations the haunt of outlaws and brigands
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This was called the Debatable Land, because the See also:possession of it was a See also:constant source of contention between England and Scotland until its boundaries were finally adjusted in 1552
.
The See also:English Border counties are See also:Northumberland and See also:Cumberland, the Scottish Berwick, Roxburgh and See also:Dumfries; though historically, and still by usage, the Scottish shires of See also:Selkirk and See also:Peebles have always been classed as Border shires
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On the English side the region is watered by the Till, Bowmont, See also:Coquet, Rede and North See also:Tyne; on the Scottish by the Tweed, Whiteadder, Leet, Kale, Jed, Kershope, Liddel, Esk and Sark
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Physically there is a marked difference between the country on each side
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On the See also:southern it mostly consists of lofty, See also:bleak moorland, affording subsistence for See also:sheep and See also:cattle, and rugged glens and ravines, while on the See also:northern there are many stretches of fertile See also:soil, especially in the valleys and dales, and the landscape is often romantffc and beautiful
.
Railway cohimunication is
supplied by the east coast route to Berwick, the Waverley route through See also:Liddesdale, the See also:London & North-Western by See also:Carlisle, the North See also:British See also:branch from Berwick to St Boswells, and the North Eastern lines from Berwick to See also:Kelso, See also:Alnwick to See also:Coldstream, and See also:Newcastle to Carlisle
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At frequent intervals during a See also:period of 1500 years the region was the See also:scene of strife and lawlessness
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The See also:Roman road of Watling See also:Street crossed the Cheviots at Brownhartlaw (1664 ft.), See also:close to the See also:camp of Ad Fines, by means of which the warlike See also:Brigantes on the See also:south and the Gadeni and Otadeni on the north were held in check, while another Roman road, the See also:Wheel See also:Causeway, passed into Scotland near the headwaters of the North Tyne and Liddel
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(For See also:early See also:history see See also:LOTHIAN; See also:NORTHUMBRIA; See also:STRATHCLYDE.) In the 12th See also:century were founded the abbeys of See also:Hexham and Alnwick, the priory See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of Lindisfarne and the See also:cathedral of Carlisle on the English side, and on the Scottish the abbeys of See also:Jedburgh, Kelso, See also:Melrose and Dryburgh
.
The deaths of See also:Alexander III
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(1286) and See also:Margaret the Maid of See also:Norway (1290), whose right to the See also:throne had been acknowledged, plunged the country into the See also:wars of the See also:succession and See also:independence, and until the See also:union of the crowns in 1603 the See also:borders were frequently disturbed
.
Berwick and Carlisle were repeatedly assailed, and battles took See also:place at Halidon See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
Hill (i333), Otterburn (1388), Nisbet (1402), Homiidon (1402), Piperden (r435), Hedgeley See also:Moor (1464), See also:Flodden (1513), Solway See also:Moss (1542), and See also:Ancrum Moor (1544), in addition to many fights arising out of See also:family feuds and raids fomented by the Armstrongs, Eiiots, Grahams, Johnstones, Maxwells and other families, of which the most serious were the encounters at Arkenholme (See also:Langholm) in 1455, the See also:Raid of Reidswire (1575), and the bloody combat at Dryfe Sands (1593)
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The English expeditions of 1544 and 1545 were exceptionally disastrous, since they involved the destruction of the four Scottish border abbeys, the See also:sack of many towns, and the obliteration of Roxburgh
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The only other important conflict belongs to the See also:Covenanters' See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, when the See also:marquess of See also:Montrose was defeated at Philiphaugh in 1645
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Partly for the See also:defence of the kingdoms and partly to overawe the freebooters and mosstroopers who were a perpetual menace to the See also:peace until they were suppressed in the 17th century, castles were erected at various points on both sides of the border
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Even during the period when relations between England and Scotland were strained, the sovereigns of both countries recognized it to be their See also:duty to protect See also:property and regulate the lawlessness of the borders
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The frontier was divided into the East, See also:Middle and West See also:Marches, each under the See also:control of an English and a Scots See also:warden
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The posts were generally filled by eminent and capable men who had to keep the peace, enforce See also:punishment for See also:breach of the See also:law, and take care that neither country encroached on the boundary of the other
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The wardens usually conferred once a See also:year on matters of See also:common See also:interest, and as a See also:rule their meetings were conducted in a friendly spirit, though in 1575 a display of See also:temper led to the affair of the Raid of Reidswire
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The See also:appointment was not only one of the most important in this See also:quarter of the See also:kingdom, but lucrative as well, See also:part of the fines and forfeits falling to the warden, who was also entitled to ration and See also:forage for his See also:retinue
.
On the occasion of his first public progress to London, See also:- JAMES
- JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
- JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
- JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
- JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
- JAMES, EPISTLE OF
- JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
- JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
- JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
- JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
- JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)
James I. of England attended service in Berwick church (See also:March 27, 1603) " to return thanks for his peaceful entry into his new dominions." Anxious to blot out all memory of the See also:bitter past, he forbade the use of the word " Borders," hoping that the designation " Middle Shires " might take its place
.
Frontier fortresses were also to be dismantled and their garrisons reduced to nominal strength
.
In course of time this policy had the desired effect, though the expression " Borders " proved too convenient geographically to be dropped, the See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king's proposed See also:amendment being in point of fact merely sentimental and, in the relative positions then and now of England and Scotland, meaningless
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Some English strongholds, such as Alnwick, Chillingham, See also:Ford and Naworth, have been modernized; others, like Norham, Wark.and See also:Warkworth, are picturesque ruins; but most of the Scottish fortresseshave been demolished and their sites built over, or are now represented by grass-grown mounds
.
Another See also:familiar feature in the landscape is the See also:chain of See also:peel towers See also:crossing the country from coast to coast
.
Many were homes of tnarauding chiefs, and nearly all were used as See also:beacon-stations to give alarm of foray or invasion
.
Early in the 18th century the Scottish See also:gipsies found a congenial See also:home on the See also:Roxburghshire side of the Cheviots; and at a later period the Scottish border became notorious for a See also:hundred years as offering hospitality to runaway couples who were clandestinely married at Gretna See also:Green, Coldstream or Lamberton
.
The See also:toll-See also:house of Lamberton displayed the following intimation—" See also:Ginger-See also:beer sold here and marriages per-formed on the most reasonable terms."
Border See also:ballads occupy a distinctive place in English literature
.
Many of them were rescued from oblivion by See also:Sir See also:Walter See also:Scott, who ransacked the district for materials for his Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, which appeared in 1802 and 1803
.
Border traditions and See also:folklore, and the picturesque, pathetic and stirring incidents of which the country was so often the scene, appealed strongly to James See also:Hogg (" the See also:Ettrick Shepherd "), See also:John See also:- WILSON, ALEXANDER (1766-1813)
- WILSON, HENRY (1812–1875)
- WILSON, HORACE HAYMAN (1786–1860)
- WILSON, JAMES (1742—1798)
- WILSON, JAMES (1835— )
- WILSON, JAMES HARRISON (1837– )
- WILSON, JOHN (1627-1696)
- WILSON, JOHN (178 1854)
- WILSON, ROBERT (d. 1600)
- WILSON, SIR DANIEL (1816–1892)
- WILSON, SIR ROBERT THOMAS (1777—1849)
- WILSON, SIR WILLIAM JAMES ERASMUS
- WILSON, THOMAS (1663-1755)
- WILSON, THOMAS (c. 1525-1581)
- WILSON, WOODROW (1856— )
Wilson (" See also:Christopher North "), and John See also:Mackay Wilson (1804-1835), whose Tales of the Borders, published in 1835, See also:long enjoyed popular favour
.
Besides the See also:works just mentioned see Sir See also:Herbert See also:Maxwell, History of Dumfries and See also:Galloway (1896) ; See also:George Ridpath, Border History of England and
.
Scotland (1776) ; See also:Professor John See also:Veitch, History and See also:Poetry of the Scottish Border (1877); Sir George See also:Douglas, History of the Border Counties (Scots), (1899) ; W
.
S
.
See also:Crockett, The Scott Country (1902)
.
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