بريك-أپون-تويد
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View over Berwick-upon-Tweed town centre | |
 بريك-أپون-تويد Location within the United Kingdom
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| Population | 12٬043 ( تعداد 2011) |
| OS grid reference | NT995525 |
| • London | 345 ميلs (555 kم) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | بريك-أپون-تويد |
| Postcode district | TD15 |
| Dialling code | 01289 |
| EU Parliament | شمال شرق انگلترا |
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| Website | Berwick-upon-Tweed Town Council |
بريك-أپون-تويد Berwick-upon-Tweed ( //) بالغالية الاسكتلندية: Bearaig a Deas) هي مدينة في مقاطعة نورثمبرلاند شمال إنگلترا، على الساحل الشرقي في مصب نهر تويد. وتقع على بعد 2 كيلومتر ونصف (4 كم) إلى الجنوب من الحدود الاسكتلندية. ذلك هوما يقرب من 56 ميلا الى الشرق والجنوب الشرقي من إدنبرة، و65 ميلا الى الشمال من نيوكاسل أبون تاين و345 كيلومتر الى الشمال من لندن.
التسمية
التاريخ
التاريخ المبكر
الصراعات من أجل السيطرة على بيرويك
الحكم الانجليزي
Part of the town walls
Berwick on Tweed Fortress Detail
Berwick on Tweed Main High Street
التاريخ الحالي
Berwick-upon-Tweed from across the river.
الإدارة
The Town Hall (1754) houses a ring of bells above the Council chamber and a former gaol.
الإقتصاد
النقل
الثقافة
لهجة بريك
الرياضة
العلاقات مع روسيا
التعليم
معالم بريك
The Royal Border Bridge seen through the span of the Royal Tweed Bridge in Berwick
passes over the Royal Border Bridge on the East Coast Main Line
مشاهير بريك
Henry Travers (left) with James Stewart (right)
- James Cockburn, first speaker of the Canadian House of Commons, born in Berwick
- George Frederick Cooke (1756–1811), widely called the first Romantic actor in England
- Alan Martin, co-creator of the comic and movie character Tank Girl, lives in Berwick
- Jeremy Purvis, Liberal Democrat MSP, and youngest person in Scottish Parliament at time of election
- Ian Sarfas, English darts player played in the 1994 BDO World Darts Championships
- Trevor Steven, England and Everton footballer, born in Berwick
- Joseph Stevenson, prominent English Catholic archivist and Society of Jesus priest, born in Berwick
- Patrick Tonyn, born in Berwick in 1725, a military general and Governor of British East Florida
- Henry Travers, grew up in Berwick (although actually born in Prudhoe), was a character actor, most famously as Clarence the angel in It's a Wonderful Life
- Eric Lomax, the author of The Railway Man lived in Berwick-upon-Tweed
See also Berwick Castle for Governors of the castle and Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency) for a list of former MPs.
انظر أيضاً
- Berwick-upon-Tweed (UK Parliament constituency)
- Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station
- Scottish Marches
- Scots' Dike
- Three Hundred and Thirty Five Years' War
- Berwick Annual Film and Media Arts Festival
المصادر
الهوامش
قائمة المراجع
- Scott, John (1888). Berwick-upon-Tweed, The History of the Town and Guild. London.
- Burnett, George (ed.) (1886). "vol. IX: 1480–1487". The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland. Edinburgh. pp. 63/4. 81, 145 & 157.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) Record that payments were made to Robert Lauder of The Bass as Captain and Keeper of the castle at Berwick-upon-Tweed in 1480 and 1481.
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Eddington, Alexander (1926). Castles and Historic Homes of the Border (1st ed.). Edinburgh & London. pp. 58–59. Unknown parameter
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وصلات خارجية
- Official Berwick-upon-Tweed tourist information
- Explore Berwick
- Visit Northumberland
- The Lowry Trail around the town
- Images and the history of Berwick's shipbuilding
- Tide times for Berwick
- Berwick Town Council
- Alexander Carrick sculptor of Berwick-upon-Tweed war memorial
- Photographs
- A photographic tour of Berwick
- Berwick Photos
- Images of the 'Berwick Bounds' English–Scottish border[]
- Articles
- A tale of one town – 2004 BBC news story concerned with a tongue-in-cheek debate about whether Berwick should be part of England or Scotland.
