Halidon Hill

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 515

Halidon Hill, an eminence in Northumberland, 2 miles NW. of Berwick, overlooking the Tweed, was the scene of a bloody conflict between the English and Scots, 19th July 1333, in which the latter were defeated, upwards of 10,000 of them (according to some authorities, 14,000) being left on the field.

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