The border between Scotland and England runs down the middle of the River Tweed, but between the villages of Wark and Cornhill, the Scottish border comes south of the river to enclose a small riverside meadow around 2 acres (0.8 hectares) to 3 acres (1.2 hectares). This piece of land is known as the Ba Green. It is said locally that every year the men of Coldstream (to the north of the river) would play mob football with the men of Wark at ba, and the winning side would claim the Ba Green for their country. As Coldstream grew to have a larger population than Wark, the Coldstream men always defeated the Wark men at the game, so the land became a permanent part of Scotland.[2][3][4]
^Crofton, Ian (2012). A dictionary of Scottish phrase and fable. Edinburgh: Birlinn. p. 25. ISBN9781841589770.
^Moffat, Alistair (1 July 2011). The Reivers: The Story of the Border Reivers. Birlinn. ISBN9780857901156.
^"(Showing Scottish border south of the Tweed) - Berwickshire Sheet XXIX.SW (includes: Coldstream) -". National Library of Scotland. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
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wark, tweed, village, south, northumberland, wark, tyne, wark, village, english, county, northumberland, lies, about, south, west, berwick, upon, tweed, wark, with, ruins, castle, behindwarklocation, within, northumberlandos, grid, referencent826386unitary, au. For the village in south Northumberland see Wark on Tyne Wark or Wark on Tweed is a village in the English county of Northumberland It lies about 15 mi 24 km south west of Berwick upon Tweed WarkWark on Tweed with the ruins of the castle behindWarkLocation within NorthumberlandOS grid referenceNT826386Unitary authorityNorthumberlandCeremonial countyNorthumberlandRegionNorth EastCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townCORNHILL ON TWEEDPostcode districtTD12Dialling code01890PoliceNorthumbriaFireNorthumberlandAmbulanceNorth EastUK ParliamentBerwickList of places UK England Northumberland 55 38 28 N 2 16 38 W 55 6410 N 2 2771 W 55 6410 2 2771 It is on the south bank of the River Tweed which marks the border between England and Scotland 1 Contents 1 Landmarks 2 The Ba Green 3 Notable people 4 References 5 External linksLandmarks editThe ruins of Wark on Tweed Castle originally an early 12th century motte and bailey lie at the west end of the village The Ba Green editThe border between Scotland and England runs down the middle of the River Tweed but between the villages of Wark and Cornhill the Scottish border comes south of the river to enclose a small riverside meadow around 2 acres 0 8 hectares to 3 acres 1 2 hectares This piece of land is known as the Ba Green It is said locally that every year the men of Coldstream to the north of the river would play mob football with the men of Wark at ba and the winning side would claim the Ba Green for their country As Coldstream grew to have a larger population than Wark the Coldstream men always defeated the Wark men at the game so the land became a permanent part of Scotland 2 3 4 Notable people editRobert Story poet 1795 1860References edit Berwickshire Sheet XXIX SW includes Coldstream National Library of Scotland Retrieved 30 June 2018 Crofton Ian 2012 A dictionary of Scottish phrase and fable Edinburgh Birlinn p 25 ISBN 9781841589770 Moffat Alistair 1 July 2011 The Reivers The Story of the Border Reivers Birlinn ISBN 9780857901156 Showing Scottish border south of the Tweed Berwickshire Sheet XXIX SW includes Coldstream National Library of Scotland Retrieved 30 June 2018 External links edit nbsp Media related to Wark on Tweed at Wikimedia Commons Images of Wark on Tweed Castle and other M amp B Castle sites in Northumberland Northumberland Communities nbsp This Northumberland location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Wark on Tweed amp oldid 996738631, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
