Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Twizel

Twizel, township and ry. sta., Norham par., Northumberland, at the confluence of the Till and the Tweed, Smiles NE. of Cornhill, 2273 ac., pop. 274; contains Twizel Castle; Twizel Bridge, over the Till, was crossed by the English on their way to Flodden (1513), and figures in Marmion.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Norham AP/CP       Northumberland AncC
Place: Twizell

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