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Branxton

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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or Brankston, a village of Northumberland, England, 102 m. E. by N. of Kelso, and 2 m. E.S.E. of Coldstream, and Io m. N.W. of Wooler. It was on Branxton Hill, immediately south of the village, that the battle of Flodden was fought between the English and the Scots on the 9th of September 1513. During the fight the Scots centre pushed as far as Branxton church, but "the King's Stone," which lies N.W. of the church and is popularly supposed to mark the spot where James IV. fell, is some three-quarters of a mile from the scene of the battle; it is believed in reality to mark the sepulchre of a chieftain, whose name had already perished in the 16th century. Branxton church, dedicated to St Paul, was rebuilt in 1849 in Norman style. Of the older building nothing remains save the chancel arch.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Branxton'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​b/branxton.html. 1910.
 
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