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Berrick
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Berrick[1] (Inglis: Berwick-upon-Tweed, Scots Gaelic: Bearaig-a-Deas) is a toun in the coonty o Northumberland an is the northmaist toun in Ingland, on the east coast at the mooth o the River Tweed. It is situatit 2.5 mile (4 km) sooth o the Scots border.
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Berik, the umwhile coonty toun o Berikshire, haed a population o 11,665 at the time o the Unitit Kinrick Census 2001. A ceevil parish an toun cooncil wur creatit in 2008.
Foondit durin the time o the kinrick o Northumbrie, which wis pairt o the Heptarchy, the aurie wis central tae historic border war atween the Kinricks o Ingland an Scotland for centuries; the last time it chyngit haunds wis when Ingland reconquered it in 1482. Berwick remains a traditional mercat toun an haes some notable airchitectural features, in pairticular its defence rampairts an barrack biggins.