. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . l; and the Chapel has anexquisitely painted window, and its ceiling is copied from that of KingsCollege, Cambridge. Formerly the town was surrounded by battlements,bat these have disappeared; only the Bondgate, built by the famous Hotspur, remams. 94 ri>t5)- ■^ BERWICK-ON-TWEED. EervvICK-o:\-Tweed was for many centuries the military key of ScotlancLThough strongly fortified, its commanding position seems to have invitedattack : it was repeatedly taken by assault, and there is s
. An illustrated and descriptive guide to the great railways of England and their connections with the Continent . l; and the Chapel has anexquisitely painted window, and its ceiling is copied from that of KingsCollege, Cambridge. Formerly the town was surrounded by battlements,bat these have disappeared; only the Bondgate, built by the famous Hotspur, remams. 94 ri>t5)- ■^ BERWICK-ON-TWEED. EervvICK-o:\-Tweed was for many centuries the military key of ScotlancLThough strongly fortified, its commanding position seems to have invitedattack : it was repeatedly taken by assault, and there is scarcely a foot ofground in the neighbourhood that has not been the scene of conflict. Onits capture by Edward I. it is said that the streets ran with blood like ariver. Eventually, in 1482, it was ceded to the English, after which itremained as a gate between the kingdoms barred against the Scotch, butthrough which the English could pass at pleasure. All that now remain ofthe castle are two towers and parts of the wall and ditches. The wallsupplies a promenade from which wide prospects may be enjoyed of the. S£kmChO,y TWEED ROYAL BORDER BRIDGE. country, the sea, and the Fern and Holy Islands. Two bridges here crossthe river Tweed : one of fifteen arches, built in the reigns of James I. andCharles I., at a cost of ^,^15,000, occupying twenty-four years in the build-ing and paid for out of the national resources; the other, the Royal BorderBridge, built by the Railway Company. It stretches from Castle Hill toTweedmouth, at a height of 126 feet, and cost ;!{^i20,000. It is 667 yardslong, and was finished in a little over three years. The foundations of thepiers were laid on bearing-piles, each capable of carrying 70 tons. Thewhole is built of ashlar, with a hearting of rubble, the river partsof the arches, which are constructed with bricks laid in cement. The TownHall has a clock tower 150 feet high. Much of the produce of the interior is shipped here in Berwick schoone
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