A review of the Duke of Wellington Inn, Newton, Northumberland.

Berwick upon Tweed is the northernmost town in England and lies just 2.5 miles or 4km south of the Scottish border. It is in the county of Northumberland, at the mouth of the River Tweed and one time county town of Berwickshire.

The continuation of this series of articles about this important piece of history that went a long way to shaping the rivalry between England and Scotland that to a large extent continues to this day.

The First War of Scottish Independence lasted from 1296 until the Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton in 1328. It began with the Battle of Dunbar which was no more than a rout for the English invaders over their neighbours to the north. Although not signed until 1328 the Independence of Scotland had unofficially been in effect since the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314.

Grace Darling was the daughter of a lighthouse keeper who became a celebrated Victorian heroine when she rescued thirteen people from the wreck of the SS Forfarshire, which foundered on the Farne Islands in 1838. The Farne Islands are a group of islands off the coast of Northumberland, England. These bleak, but beautiful islands have no permanent population, but Saint Cuthbert lived in solitude and died there in 687.

From: More Prisoners of Eternity.

A visit to a beautiful place on the trail of St Cuthbert.

The story of the Battle of Humbleton Hill, Northumberland in 1402.

The Story of the Battle of Halidon Hill, Nera Berwick, 1333.

The story of the Battle of Flodden Field, 1513.