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Norham is a Village in Northumberland , England , just south of the River Tweed and the border with Scotland . It is the site of the 12th Century Norham Castle , and was for many years the centre for the Norhamshire Exclave of County Durham . It was transferred to Northumberland in 1844 . It was on the Tweed here that Edward I of England met the Scots nobility in 1292 to decide on the future king of Scotland. Sir Walter Scott gained fame as a poet, particularly with ''Marmion'' set around the Battle Of Flodden in 1513. It begins: Day set on Norham's castled steep,/ And Tweed's fair river, broad and deep,/ And Cheviot's mountains lone:/ The battled towers, the donjon keep,/ The loophole grates where captives weep,/ The flanking walls that round it sweep,/ In yellow lustre shone. / The 19th Century Ladykirk And Norham Bridge is a late stone Road Bridge that connects the village with Ladykirk in the Scottish Borders . J.M.W. Turner always tipped his hat to Norham Castle, as it was the place which brought him fame as an artist. The picture of the castle which hangs in Tate Britain , luminously near-abstract, is one of the great treasures of the collection. |
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