A vision of Britain through time
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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.
WARK, or Werk, a hamlet, with a r. station, in Carham parish, Northumberland; on the river Tweed, and on the Tweedmouth and Kelso railway, 2½ miles W by S of Cornhill. The manor belonged to the De Roses, passed to the Greys, and belongs now to the Earl of Tankerville. W. Castle sustained eleven sieges by the Scots; was seven times taken; is alleged to have originated the noble order of the Garter, at a ball given by Edward III.; and is now represented by only ramparts and outworks. The ballad of the "Hermit of Warkworth" says-
All pale, extended on their shields,
And weltering in his gore,
Lord Percy's knights their bleeding friend
To Wark's fair castle bore.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a hamlet, with a r station" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Carham CP/AP/Ch Northumberland AncC |
| Place names: | WARK | WARK OR WERK | WERK |
| Place: | Wark |
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