
Lakeside Caravan & Camping Park is situated adjacent
to the Scottish lake in the heart of the Berwickshire
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We
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border, a stones throw from the famous book capital.
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Berwickshire
Guide
Berwickshire
was formerly one of the ancient counties of Scotland, but was
abolished in 1975 during local government reorganisation. Its
county town, after which it is named, had been Berwick-upon-Tweed,
but the royal burgh changed hands in 1482, subsequently becoming
part of the county of Northumberland, in England. Thereafter
the county's administration was conducted at Duns or Lauder
until Greenlaw became the county town in 1596.
Here are some facts about Berwickshire:
When visiting Berwickshire's Ayton Castle in 1873, the
writer Mark Twain fell in love with it's dining-room fireplace
and insisted on buying it for himself. The fireplace now stands
in the Mark Twain Museum in Hartford, Connecticut, USA.
James Hutton, a farmer from Berwickshire, was the first
man to notice that the earth's surface is continually regenerating
itself, driven by heat from within.
The Oscar winning 'Mrs Brown' based on Queen Victoria's
relationship with one of her groomsmen, John Brown, starring
Judy Dench and Billy Connolly, was filmed both at Duns Castle,
which doubles as Balmoral and along the Berwickshire coast at
Cockburnspath.
The philosopher John Dun Scotus was born in Duns, Berwickshire.
Opponents of his thinking took to calling his followers 'Dunses',
from where we get the word 'dunce'. In 1991 the Vatican pronounced
Scotus 'venerable' the first step on the road to sainthood.
There is a museum dedicated to Berwickshire's former
world motor-racing champion Jim Clark in the town of Duns.
The St Abbs and Eyemouth Reserve is spread over 5 miles
of the Berwickshire coast and is famous for it's unusually clear
waters. Because of this, it is very popular with scuba divers.
Britain's oldest army regiment in continual existence
frequently returns to the Berwickshire town of Coldstream for
ceremonial events.
The Berwickshire Hunt is Scotland's oldest hunt that
dates back to the 17th century.
The famous newsagent's family 'John Menzies' seat was
at Kames, near Duns in Berwickshire.
Alec Douglas Home died in Berwickshire. The Hirsel in
Berwickshire was the Conservative prime minister's family seat,
and is where he died in 1995.
Here
are just some places to visit in and around Berwickshire:
Spittal
Bowling Club
Sea Road, Spittal
Berwick Upon Tweed, TD15 1RN |
Three
Feathers Gallery
83c Marygate
Berwick Upon Tweed, TD15 1BA |
Berwick
Gymnasium Gallery
The Barracks, The Parade
Berwick Upon Tweed, TD15 1DF |
English
Heritage Parade
Berwick Upon Tweed,
TD15 1DF |
Etal
Castle
Etal Cornhill On Tweed,
TD12 4TN |
Chirnside
Bowling Club
Main St West End,
Chirnside Duns, TD11 3UQ |
Heatherslaw
Cornmill
Heatherslaw Gardens
Cornhill On Tweed, TD12 4TJ |
Eyemouth
Museum
Manse Road
Eyemouth, TD14 5JE |
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