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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Twizell like this:
TWIZEL, a township, with a r. station, in Norham parish, Northumberland; on the Tweedmouth and Kelso railway, at the mouth of the river Till, 3 miles NNE of Cornhill. Acres, 2,190. Pop., 305. Houses, 56. T. Bridge, over the Till, figures graphically in Sir Walter Scott's "Marmion," in his description of the advance of the English army to Flodden. T. Castle was built in 1770-1810, but was never finished; and is now a vast ruin, with a frontage of 240 feet.
Twizell is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Twizell itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Twizell, in Northumberland and County Durham | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9729
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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