Norham

Coordinates: 55°43′05″N 2°09′29″W / 55.718°N 2.158°W / 55.718; -2.158

Norham
Norham Village Green
Norham  Norham shown within Northumberland
Population	536 (Parish -2001 Census)
OS grid reference	NT900471
Parish	Norham
Unitary authority	Northumberland
Ceremonial county	Northumberland
Region	North East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	BERWICK-UPON-TWEED
Postcode district	TD15
Dialling code	01289
Police	Northumbria
Fire	Northumberland
Ambulance	North East
EU Parliament	North East England
UK Parliament	Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)
List of places: UK • England • Northumberland

Norham ( /ˈnɒrəm/ norr-əm) 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.

See also

• Ladykirk and Norham Bridge
• Norham Castle

References

External links

• GENUKI (Accessed: 20 November 2008)