A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township, with a r station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Norham AP/CP Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Twizell |
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