Fishwick
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| Fishwick | |
| Berwickshire | |
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 Fishwick | |
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| Grid reference: | NT917511 |
| Location: | 55°45’12"N, 2°7’58"W |
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Fishwick is a small, mediæval village and farm in Berwickshire. It stands just to the north of the River Tweed, its fields running down to the riverbank: the river here marks the boundary with Northumberland.[1]
Just south of the Tweed in Northumberland is Horncliffe, and the two villages are linked across the river by the Union Bridge, a very early suspension bridge dating from 1820. When it was opened it was the longest wrought-iron suspension bridge in the world, and it is still carrying traffic, though now only one vehicle at a time. An adjoining toll cottage was demolished in 1955, and the crossing is nowadays toll-free.