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Berwick Castle is a ruined castle in Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England. ... The History of Scotland, by John Hill Burton, Edinburgh, 1874: vols: ...
Berwick Castle was to the west of the town, separated by a broad moat; this made the town and castle independent strongholds. [18] Some sources state that in 1355 the town's and castle's defences were in good repair, [ 19 ] while others hold that they had been ill maintained. [ 8 ]
However, the council of Scotland was reluctant to fight and instead drafted a surrender of Berwick Castle by treaty in Edinburgh on 24 August. When the document was sealed by both parties, which would be a couple of days later as Gloucester was now at Berwick or Alnwick, Berwick Castle was delivered straightaway, "incontinent," to Lord Stanley ...
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]
Tantallon Castle is a ruined mid-14th-century fortress, located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) east of North Berwick, in East Lothian, Scotland. It sits atop a promontory opposite the Bass Rock , looking out onto the Firth of Forth .
The siege of Berwick was an event in the First War of Scottish Independence which took place in April 1318. Sir James Douglas, Lord of Douglas took the town and castle of Berwick-upon-Tweed from the English, who had controlled the town since 1296.
North Berwick (/ ˈ b ɛ r ɪ k /; Scottish Gaelic: Bearaig a Tuath) [2] is a seaside town and former royal burgh in East Lothian, Scotland. It is situated on the south shore of the Firth of Forth , approximately 20 miles (32 km) east-northeast of Edinburgh .
The siege of Berwick lasted four months in 1333 and resulted in the Scottish-held town of Berwick-upon-Tweed being captured by an English army commanded by King Edward III (r. 1327–1377). The year before, Edward Balliol had seized the Scottish Crown, surreptitiously supported by Edward III. He was shortly thereafter expelled from the kingdom ...