The castles of England, their story and structure (1896)
Mackenzie, James Dixon, Sir, 7th bart. of Scatwell and 9th of Tarbat, 1830-1900 · New York : The Macmillan co. · leaf 458
For twelve miles alonii the Border from NORTH UMBKHLAND 409 Berwick to Coldstream, tlie lands belonged to the mighty and wealthy bishopsof Durham, Counts Palatine, and here early in the twelfth century, upon arocky elevation on the S. side of Tweed, which at this place forms a largebend, Ralph… … work and added to it. In 1136, King David, invading England in the cause ofhis niece, the Empress Maud, took the castle and held it until its restorationunder treaty to Stephen ; hut two years after he took it again and dismantledit. Henry 11. laid his hands on both castles of Durham and Norham,…
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