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.
HORNCLIFFE, a village and a township in Norham parish, Northumberland. The village stands on the river Tweed, at the boundary with Scotland, adjacent to Union-Bridge and to the Northeastern railway, 4½ miles SW of Berwick-upon-Tweed; and has a post office under Berwick, and an English Presbyterian or Free church. Union Bridge was constructed in 1820, at a cost of about £7, 500, after designs by Sir Samuel Brown, R.N.; is a suspension bridge for carriages, -the first of its kind ever constructed; has the carriage-way 27 feet above the surface of the stream; and measures 368 feet in length, and 18 feet in width.-The township comprises 606 acres. Pop., 299. Houses, 68. The higher grounds command a fine view of the Tweed and the Merse.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a township" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Norham AP/CP Northumberland AncC |
| Place: | Horncliffe |
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