Bowsden
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| Bowsden | |
| Northumberland | |
|---|---|
 Farmland near Bowsden Moor | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | NT995415 |
| Location: | 55°40’1"N, 2°0’25"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 178 (2011) |
| Post town: | Berwick upon Tweed |
| Postcode: | TD15 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Northumberland |
Bowsden is a village in northern Northumberland, about six miles south of Berwick-upon-Tweed, inland from the North Sea coast at Lindisfarne. It has a recordfed population at the 2011 census of just 178.
Landmarks
The Devil's Causeway passes the village about a mile to the east. The causeway is a Roman road driven north of the Romans’ northern frontier: it starts at Port Gate on Hadrian's Wall, north of Corbridge, and extends 55 miles northwards across Northumberland to the mouth of the River Tweed at Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Bowsden) |
