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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Flodden like this:
FLODDEN, a famous battlefield in Kirk-Newton parish, Northumberland; on the river Till, 3 miles EST of Cornhill. It was the scene of the defeat of the Scottish army, under James IV., by the Earl of Surrey. Flodden Hill, on which the Scottish army was posted, is an out-skirt of the Cheviots, sloping to the Till; the plain of Milfield, across which the English army advanced to the attack, extends down the Till toward the Tweed; and the actual battle-field lies around the junction of the hill and the plain, -is now intersected by the road from Coldstream to Newcastle, -and has an unhewn pillar, called the King's Stone, marking the spot where James IV. ...
fell. This place has been characterized as.
Flodden's fatal field,
Where shivered was fair Scotland's spear,
And broken was her shield.
Flodden is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Flodden itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Flodden in Northumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25763
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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