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Sheet 9-13 Carham

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Wark Common Wark Common Rev. F. Thompson. Carham On Sheets Originally an open rough and un-
Wark Common Mr E. Henderson. Shidlaw 9-13 cultivated common belonging to the
Wark Common Mr. Davidson. Wark 9-14 Township of Wark but enclosed about
13-7 60 years ago. Now forming good Arable
13-2 & pasture land
Site of a Battle Site of a Battle Hutchinsons History of On Sheet "At this place a great
between the English between the English Northumberland Vol.II P.10 9-13 battle was fought in the
and Scots A.D. 1018 and Scots A.D. 1018 White’s Directory Vol. II P. 496 year 1018, in which the
The Revd F. Thompson Scots were victorious, and
Vicar of Carham almost all the fighting
men between Tweed and
Tees were cut off, together
with their chieftains; on
which event it is said by
some authors that Aldun
Bishop of Durham died
brokenhearted."

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