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Specialty Museum Attractions In Scottish Borders

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The Anglo-Scottish border between England and Scotland runs for 96 miles between Marshall Meadows Bay on the east coast and the Solway Firth in the west. It is Scotland's only land border with another country, and one of England's two . The Firth of Forth was the border between the Picto-Gaelic Kingdom of Alba and the Anglian Kingdom of Northumbria in the early 10th century. It became the first Anglo-Scottish border with the annexation of Northumbria by Anglo-Saxon England in the mid 10th century. In 973, Kenneth, King of Scots attended the English king, Edgar the Peaceful, at his council in Chester. After Kenneth had reportedly done homage, Edgar rewa...
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  • 4. The John Buchan Story Peebles
    Events from the year 2016 in the United Kingdom. The major political events of this year were dominated by the European Union membership referendum and its aftermath .
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  • 5. Tweeddale Museum Peebles
    Broughton is a village in Tweeddale in the Scottish Borders council area, in the south of Scotland, in the civil parish of Broughton, Glenholm and Kilbucho and Upper Tweed Community Council. Broughton is on the Biggar Water, near where it flows into the River Tweed. It is about 7 km east of Biggar, and 15 km west of Peebles. The village has a post office, village store, tea room/bistro, bowling green, tennis courts, a village hall, a petrol station and a garage. Since 1979,the village has been home to Broughton Ales, Scotland's original independent brewery.
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  • 7. Coldstream Museum Coldstream
    The Coldstream Guards is a part of the Guards Division, Foot Guards regiments of the British Army. It is the oldest regiment in the Regular Army in continuous active service, originating in Coldstream, Scotland in 1650 when General George Monck founded the regiment. It is one of two regiments of the Household Division that can trace its lineage to the New Model Army, the other being the Blues and Royals .
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