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| CARHAM | Carham | Revd F. Thompson | On Sheet | A small rural village in the turnpike | ||
| Post Office Directory | 9.13 | leading from Kelso to Cornhill about 6 | ||||
| Tithe Map | miles from the former it is composed | |||||
| of a few cottage dwellings the church | ||||||
| and Parsonage and is the property of | ||||||
| Mrs Compton of Carham Hall | ||||||
| Wallace’s Croft | Wallace’s Croft | Revd W. Thompson | On Sheet | A field south of the Church | ||
| (The Scottish Army | Mr Henderson | 9.13 | bears this name it is said from the | |||
| under Wallace encamped | Revd Spencer | Scottish Chieftain Sir William Wallace | ||||
| here in 1296) | Whites Directory Vol 11 P.496 | having encamped his army |
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| Hutchinsons History Northumberland | ||||||
| Vol.11 P10 | destroyed the monastery burnt the | |||||
| monks and students – called in | ||||||
| Parsan & White’s Directory Vol 11 P 496 | ||||||
| "Camp-field" – but the name on plan is better | ||||||
| Dunstan | Dunstan | Revd W. Thompson | On Sheet | An enclosure adjoining Wallace’s | ||
| (site of a Battle | (site of a Battle | Mr Henderson | 9.13 | Croft. |
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| between the Saxons | between the Saxons | Farm Map | ||||
| and | and | Mr Scott – Wark | ||||
| Danes AD 833) | Danes AD 833) | Mr Davison – Wark | ||||
| by Leland in his Col:520 – where a Battle took | ||||||
| place described as follows – "In the 33rd of | ||||||
| yere of Ecbrighth the Danes arrived at Lindisfarne, | ||||||
| and fought with the Engles at Carham, wher eleven | ||||||
| Bishopes and 2 Englisch countes were Slayne, and | ||||||
| greate numbre of people" | ||||||
| William Boyd C/a |
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