Coldstream

Coldstream, a town of Berwickshire, 15 miles SW. of Berwick by rail, on the Tweed, over which there is a fine bridge by Sneaton (1766). At Coldstream was the famous ford by which Edward I. entered Scotland in 1296, and near which he met the Scottish nobles, to settle the dispute about the crown of Scotland. By this ford also the Scots invaded England in 1640. Being convenient as a Border town, Coldstream, like Gretna Green and Lamberton toll-bar near Berwick, was formerly celebrated for its clandestine marriages. Pop. 1516.