Bishops Curse THE ARCHBISHOP OF GLASGOW'S "MONITION OF CURSING" against the Border reivers Hear 25 seconds of cursing to hell! Or click to hear the full 9 minutes of cursing!: Gude folks, heir at…
The Medeival Fortified Buildings of Cumbria Authors Perriam & Robinson CWAAS Extra series XXIX This is a comprehensive study of all the various types of defensible structures in the county from complex castles to dykes…
The Border Towers of Scotland - Their History and Architecture. The West March. Author: Alastair M T Maxwell-Irving. Publisher: Alastair M T Maxwell-Irving. This work gives a concise account of the his¬tory and architecture of…
RECOMMENDED READING: Online resources: The Lord Wardens Of The Marches Of England And Scotland Full text of "The lord wardens of the marches of England and Scotland : being a brief history of the marches,…
Bishops Curse EXTRACT of THE ARCHBISHOP OF GLASGOW'S "MONITION OF CURSING" - one of the most comprehensive excommunications of all time. "I curse thair heid and all the haris of thair heid; I curse thair…
THE ARCHBISHOP OF GLASGOW'S "MONITION OF CURSING" An Interpretation of the Bishop’s Curse by Peter Nicholson Good folks, here at my Archbishopric of Glasgow letters under this round seal direct me or any other chaplain,…
SIR WALTER SCOTT'S LINKS WITH CARLISLE Had it not been for Scott's collecting and reworking of many of the border ballads, much of the tradition, character and mythology of the Reiver story would be lost.…
John Armstrong The Lairds Jock By Walter Scott Enough has been said and sung about "The well contested ground, The warlike border-land---" to render the habits of the tribes who inhabited them before the union…
Hazelslack Tower Cumbria The substantial remains of this interesting little L-shaped Border tower-house stand about a mile east of Arnside in Cumbria. The tall tower of four storeys is roughly built from limestone rubble and…
Arnside Tower. Arnside Tower, Arnside, Cumbria, drawing from a 1986 sketchbook by Pete Armstrong. Arnside Tower stands about a mile from the town of Arnside on the River Kent, near the northern end of Morecambe…
Places of Interest Sites Scottish Borders Abbotsford House Melrose Aikwood Tower Selkirk Bowhill House Selkirk Drumlanrig’s Tower Hawick Dryburgh Tower St Boswells Dryhope Tower Yarrow East Port Peebles Floors Castle Kelso Greenknowe Tower Gordon Hermitage…
The Church in Cumbria hammered by the Scots! From the time of the early church to the time of the union between England and Scotland in 1603, there was trouble from Scottish invaders. Until 1157…
Text from Reivers Database Records L1001 to L1015 Naturalisation of a Scot Document allowing a Scottish man to become an English man. Henry, Lord Scrope, Lord of the Western Marches and Captain of the city…
Text from Reivers Database Records L1001 to L1015 Naturalisation of a Scot Document allowing a Scottish man to become an English man. Henry, Lord Scrope, Lord of the Western Marches and Captain of the city…
