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Berwick-upon-Tweed

Berwick-upon-Tweed is a town at the mouth of the River Tweed, now the northernmost town in England. In the thirteenth century it was the richest Scottish burgh and the kingdom's main port for wool exports. Edward I sacked it in 1296 at the start of the Wars of Scottish Independence, and after changing hands many times it has been English since 1482.

Berwick-upon-Tweed
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Berwick-upon-Tweed. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/berwick-upon-tweed
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