Wark on Tweed, Northumberland

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Wark on Tweed like this:

WARK, or Werk, a hamlet, with a r. station, in Carham parish, Northumberland; on the river Tweed, and on the Tweedmouth and Kelso railway, 2½ miles W by S of Cornhill. The manor belonged to the De Roses, passed to the Greys, and belongs now to the Earl of Tankerville. W. Castle sustained eleven sieges by the Scots; was seven times taken; is alleged to have originated the noble order of the Garter, at a ball given by Edward III.; and is now represented by only ramparts and outworks. ...

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The ballad of the "Hermit of Warkworth" says-

All pale, extended on their shields,
And weltering in his gore,
Lord Percy's knights their bleeding friend
To Wark's fair castle bore.

Wark on Tweed through time

Wark on Tweed is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Wark on Tweed itself, go to Statistics.

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