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| Norham | Norham | Revd W C King, Vicar | On Sheet | A considerable village and formerly | ||
| Alexr Smith Esqr. | 6.5 | a place of great importance. The | ||||
| Norham | Mr Alexr Davison | present village lies in a low situation | ||||
| on the south bank of the River Tweed, | ||||||
| about eight miles from the town | ||||||
| of Berwick; and consists of one | ||||||
| street having a green in the centre of | ||||||
| triangular shape, at the south-west | ||||||
| angle of which stands an ancient | ||||||
| Cross. Many of the houses are substantially | ||||||
| built and consist of two stories. There | ||||||
| is a church and two dissenting places | ||||||
| of worship, Post Office, <u>five</u> public | ||||||
| houses, and several grocer’s shops in | ||||||
| the village, which belong to various | ||||||
| Proprietors. Two fairs were held here | ||||||
| annually in May and October, which |
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| now becoming obsolete. | ||||||
| John Callanan 2nd Corporal Royal Engineers |
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