Excerpt from History of Berwick-Upon-Tweed: Being a Concise Description of That Ancient Borough, From Its Origin Down to the Present Time; To Which Are Added, Notices of Tweedmouth, Spittal, Norham, Holy Island, Coldingham, Etc There are few subjects more interesting to the gene tality of readers than topography. Every person is de sirous of knowing the history of his native town, which is at the least a commendable curiosity. If he resides therein, he is anxious to add to his stock of information con cerning it and should his abode be far distant, this circum stance makes him doubly desirous of becoming acquainted with its past history, and to learn what changes and what improvements have taken place since the days of his childhood. The love of home is a feeling planted in the heart of man by the great hand of Nature itself, and commences with his infancy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.