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Crofton, Ian (2014) Walking the Border: A Journey Between Scotland and England, Birlinn; Readman, Paul (2014). "Living a British Borderland: Northumberland and the Scottish Borders in the Long Nineteenth Century". Borderlands in World History, 1700–1914. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 169– 191. ISBN 978-1-137-32058-2. Robb, Graham (2018) The ...
River Esk near Kagyu Samyé Ling Monastery and Tibetan Centre at Eskdalemuir River Esk in Langholm. The River Esk (Scottish Gaelic: Easg), also known as the Border Esk [citation needed], is a river that rises in the Scottish region of Dumfries and Galloway before crossing the border to the English county of Cumbria and flowing into the Solway Firth.
Map of the Solway Firth. The estuary of the River Nith, opening into the Solway Firth south of Dumfries.. The Solway Firth [a] is an inlet on the west coast of Great Britain, forming part of the border between England and Scotland.
River Esk, North Yorkshire, in the North York Moors National Park and the county of North Yorkshire; River Esk (Ravenglass), in the Lake District National Park and the county of Cumbria; River Esk (Solway Firth), in the north of the county of Cumbria and along the border with Scotland, also known as the Border Esk
The Debatable Lands, also known as debatable ground, batable ground or threip lands, [1] lay between Scotland and England. [2] It was formerly in question as to which it belonged to when they were distinct kingdoms. [3] For most of its existence, the area was a lawless zone controlled by clans of "border reivers" which terrorized the ...
The Western terminus of the Scots' Dyke. The Scots' Dike or dyke is a three and a half mile / 5.25 km long linear earthwork, constructed by the English and the Scots in 1552 [1] to mark the division of the Debatable Lands and thereby settle the exact boundary between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England.
The area around the Sark was notoriously marshy and sandy, as much of the coast of the north west Irish Sea is. The small section between the lower end of the Sark and the River Esk is known as the "debatable lands", and was formerly a haven for criminals and outlaws who wished to exploit the weakness of the two countries' border defences. [6]
Climatically, Keswick is in the North West sector of the UK, which is characterised by cool summers, mild winters, and high monthly rainfalls throughout the year. [76] Keswick's wettest months fall at the end of the year, the peak average of 189.3 mm (7.45 in) falling in October. Rain, sunshine and temperature figures are shown below.