Branxton, Northumberland

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|static_image_name= Flodden Field (Braxton) - 2004-Feb-06 - Looking SSE from the monument.jpg

|static_image_caption= Flodden Field, looking south-south-east from the monument erected in 1910. The Scottish army advanced down the ploughed field and the English army down the grassy field in the foreground; presumably, they met at the valley boundary between the two fields.

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|population= 123

|population_ref= (2011)

|os_grid_reference = NT895375

|civil_parish= Branxton

|unitary_england= Northumberland

|lieutenancy_england= Northumberland

|region= North East England

|country= England

|post_town= CORNHILL-ON-TWEED

|postcode_area= TD

|postcode_district= TD12

|dial_code= 01890

|constituency_westminster= North Northumberland

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Branxton is a village and civil parish in northern Northumberland, England. It lies about {{convert|3|mi|0}} from the England-Scotland border and about {{convert|4|mi|0}} from the Scottish border town of Coldstream, just off the A697 Newcastle-Edinburgh road. At the 2011 Census, the population of the parish was 123,{{cite web |title=Parish population 2011 |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/LeadKeyFigures.do?a=7&b=11121636&c=TD12+4RB&d=16&e=62&g=6452875&i=1001x1003x1032x1004&m=0&r=0&s=1435915962094&enc=1 |work=Neighbourhood Statistics |publisher=Office for National Statistics |accessdate=3 July 2015}} increasing slightly from 121 at the 2001 Census.{{Cite web |url=http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790477 |title=Census 2001 |access-date=31 January 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613015439/http://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/viewFullDataset.do?instanceSelection=03070&productId=779&$ph=60_61&datasetInstanceId=3070&startColumn=1&numberOfColumns=8&containerAreaId=790477 |archive-date=13 June 2011 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}

Landmarks

Branxton is very close to the site of the Battle of Flodden, fought on 9 September 1513 between Scotland and England, the latter prevailing. A granite cross on the nearby Piper Hill (UK map reference NT890373) commemorates the battle. In 2013, the local community commemorated the 500 year anniversary of the battle.[https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-24014077 Battle of Flodden: 500th anniversary marked] Retrieved 18 August 2020.

Pallinsburn House, an 18th-century country mansion, stands nearby.

There was a painted concrete menagerie in the garden of one of the houses in the village. The sculptures were made, starting in 1962, by James Beveridge to designs by retired joiner John Fairnington (d. 1981) to amuse his disabled son, Edwin. As well as animals, there are statues of Winston Churchill, T. E. Lawrence and Robert Burns, and many texts set into the plinths and pathways. It was a popular tourist attraction, with its own tea room. The menagerie was transported to the nearby Ayton Castle in 2021, where they are undergoing restoration to be displayed in the castle grounds.{{Cite web |title=Ayton Castle - Projects |url=https://www.aytoncastle.co.uk/projects.html#Branxton |access-date=2025-06-16 |website=www.aytoncastle.co.uk}}

Religious sites

The parish church, dedicated to Saint Paul, occupies the site of an ancient church which was taken down and replaced by the present structure in 1849.

Notable people

Percival Stockdale, (1736–1811) poet, writer and reformer, especially in opposing slavery.

References

External links

[https://web.archive.org/web/20090108164426/http://www.genuki.bpears.org.uk/NBL/Branxton/index.html GENUKI] (Accessed: 19 November 2008)

Category:Villages in Northumberland