Carham

Carham
Carham

 Carham shown within Northumberland
Population 347 (2001 census)[1]
OS grid reference NT795385
District Berwick-upon-Tweed
Shire county Northumberland
Region North East
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town COLDSTREAM
Postcode district TD12
Police Northumbria
Fire Northumberland
Ambulance North East
EU Parliament North East England
UK Parliament Berwick-upon-Tweed
List of places: UK • England • Northumberland

Carham is a village in Northumberland, England. The village lies on the south side of the River Tweed about 3 miles (5 km) west of Coldstream.

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History

Near to Carham are the extensive remains of Early British camps and a bronze sword, now in the British Museum, discovered in the nearby Tweed.[2]

Carham on the Tweed, where a stream divides Northumberland from Scotland, was the scene of two battles in Anglo-Saxon times.[3]

In 833 the Danes fought the English, and the English were routed. Leland tells us that

in the 33rd year of Ecbright the Danes arrived at Lindisfarne and fought with the English at Carham where Eleven Bishops and two English Countes were slayne, and a great numbre of people.

A field between the glebe and Dunstan Wood, where bones have been from time to time disinterred, is probably the site of the battle.[4][2]

In 1016 or 1018 the Battle of Carham between the Kingdom of Scotland and the Northumbrians resulted in a Scottish victory.

Governance

Carham is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

Religious sites

The church is dedicated to St Cuthbert.[5]

References

  1. ^ Office for National Statistics: Neighbourhood Statistics
  2. ^ a b Ridley, Nancy (1966 (reprint)). Portrait of Northumberland. London: Robert Hale. OCLC 503957631?referer=br&ht=edition. 
  3. ^ British History Online
  4. ^ Hugill, Robert (1931). Road Guide to Northumberland and The Border. Newcastle upon Tyne, England: Andrew Reid & Company, Limited. 
  5. ^ Purves, Geoffrey (2006). Churches of Newcastle and Northumberland. Stroud, Gloucestershire, England: Tempus Publishing Limited. pp. 173. ISBN 0 7524 4071 3. http://www.tempus-publishing.com. 

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