CORNHILL SOCIAL HISTORY PROJECT
Other places within the Parish and nearby

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Tweed River
Twizel Castle and Bridge
Twizel railway station, Red House, in the snow

River Tweed


Sara and Kerry Johnson viewing the frozen Tweed river, January 1982


Sunday January 17th, 1982 at 3.00pm
River Tweed, Learmouth Road end

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Twizel Castle and Bridge


Twizel Castle The castle was built by the Blake family
It was pulled down in 1881; only ruins remain, as shown in the photo below, 21st June 2019


View of Twizel Castle above the old bridge
Twizel Old Bridge is believed to be the longest single-span mediaeval bridge in Britain.
It was used by English forces during the Battle of Flodden (1513).


Another view of the bridge and castle


Artist’s impression of the old Twizel Bridge


Another view of Twizel Bridge


Similar view taken on 21st June 2019

 

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Twizel railway station, Red House and in the snow


Twizel station


Twizel Red House


Twizel in the snow, 1963

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