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Parish of Branxton

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Continued he removed his Camp to "Flodden
Hill" the most commanding post
in the District.
The English Army commanded by
the Earl of Surrey arrived at Wooler
on on the 7th September and Encamped on Wooler Haugh
on the morning of the 7th Surrey wrote to King James to
induce him if possible to descend from his position, which, he
observed, resembled a Fortress, and fight on Millfield
Plain, which lay directly between the two Armies – this the
King declined. Something effective, therefore, was necessary
to be done, and by arrangement of Surrey & his council, the whole force
advanced forward to the North, crossing the Till, and
marching by Doddington, till they reached Barmoor
Wood, about 5 miles North-east of Flodden, where they

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