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Berwick was founded by Evan Owen, a Welsh Quaker and surveyor. He was the son of Hugh Owen from Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire, Wales. Berwick was named after Berwick-upon-Tweed, England. Situated on the north bank of the Susquehanna River, the borough was first settled in 1769, founded in 1786, and incorporated in 1818.
Berwick-upon-Tweed (/ ˈ b ɛr ɪ k / ⓘ), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, 2.5 mi (4 km) south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. [a] [1] The 2011 United Kingdom census recorded Berwick's population as 12,043. [2]
Berwick-upon-Tweed was a local government district and borough in Northumberland in the north-east of England, on the border with Scotland.The district had a resident population of 25,949 according to the 2001 census, which also notes that it is the most ethnically homogeneous in the country, with 99.6% of the population recording themselves in the 2001 census as White.
Berwick is an English and Scottish surname, originating from the places of Berwick-upon-Tweed on the English-Scottish border, Berwick, Kent, Berwick, Shropshire, Berrick, Oxfordshire, Barwick, Norfolk and Barwick, Yorkshire.
Theta Nedra Berwick, a fictional character and protagonist of the Marvel Comics series Predator by Ed Brission; Berwick (automobile), an electric car produced in 1904 Berwick cockle, a confection from Berwick upon Tweed
Wise Foods was founded in 1921 in Berwick, Pennsylvania by Earl Wise and was initially called the 'Wise Potato Chip Company. [2] Wise owned Wise Delicatessen and began making potato chips as a way to make use of excess potatoes, [2] initially cooking them in his mother's kitchen, [2] and then selling them to customers in brown paper bags.
Berwick is a town in York County, Maine, United States, situated in the southern part of the state beside the Salmon Falls River. Today's South Berwick was set off from Berwick in 1814, while North Berwick was partitioned from the town in 1831.
Berwick is a town in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 4,946 at the 2010 census . [ 2 ] It is part of the Morgan City Micropolitan Statistical Area .