Branxton, Northumberland
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Coordinates: 55°37′51″N 2°10′06″W / 55.6309°N 2.1683°W
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_-_2004-Feb-06_-_Looking_SSE_from_the_monument.jpg) Flodden Field: looking south-south-east from the monument erected in 1910. The Scottish army advanced down the ploughed field, the English down the grassy field in the foreground, and they met, presumably at the valley boundary between the two fields |
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 Branxton
Branxton shown within Northumberland |
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| Population | 121 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | NT895375 |
| Unitary authority | Northumberland |
| Ceremonial county | Northumberland |
| Region | North East |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BERWICK UPON TWEED |
| Postcode district | TD12 |
| Police | Northumbria |
| Fire | Northumberland |
| Ambulance | North East |
| EU Parliament | North East England |
| UK Parliament | Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency) |
| List of places: UK • England • Northumberland | |
Branxton is a village and civil parish in northern Northumberland, England. It lies about 3 miles (5 km) from the England-Scotland border and about 4 miles (6 km) from the Scottish border town of Coldstream, just off the A697 Newcastle-Edinburgh road. It has a population of 121.[1]
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[edit] Landmarks
Branxton is very close to the site of the Battle of Flodden, fought on 9 September 1513 between Scotland and England, the latter prevailing. A granite cross on the nearby Piper Hill (UK map reference NT890373) commemorates the battle.
Pallinsburn House, an 18th-century country mansion, stands nearby.
There is a painted concrete menagerie in the garden of one of the houses in the village. The sculptures were made, starting in 1962, by James Beveridge to designs by retired joiner John Fairnington (d. 1981) to amuse his disabled son, Edwin. As well as animals, there are statues of Winston Churchill, T. E. Lawrence and Robert Burns, and many texts set into the plinths and pathways. It has been a popular tourist attraction, with its own tea room, and may still be accessible by the public for free (although with a coin box for voluntary donations).
[edit] Religious sites
The parish church, dedicated to Saint Paul, occupies the site of an ancient church which was taken down and replaced by the present structure in 1849.
[edit] Notable people
- Percival Stockdale, (1736–1811) poet, writer and reformer, active especially in opposing slavery.
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