BattlefieldsWiddrington Border Actions — East March Raids 1570s
Tudor

Widdrington Border Actions — East March Raids 1570s

1575
Northumberland, England
Era
Tudor
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Northumberland, England
Status
Unregistered
Outcome
Widdrington riders participated in multiple raids and counter-raids; complaints filed against them by both English and Scottish complainants; some Widdrington men prosecuted but family continued in border service.
The Battle

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Widdrington Border Actions — East March Raids 1570s was a Tudor pitched battle between opposing field armies, fought at Northumberland, England in 1575. Widdrington riders participated in multiple raids and counter-raids; complaints filed against them by both English and Scottish complainants; some Widdrington men prosecuted but family continued in border service.

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The ground they fought on

The site of Widdrington Border Actions — East March Raids 1570s lies on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

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Scheduled Monuments near Widdrington Border Actions — East March Raids 1570s

Low Chibburn medieval preceptory, 16th century house and World War II pillbox
Low Chibburn medieval preceptory, 16th century house and World War II pillbox
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 mi

Low Chibburn is a scheduled ancient monument in Northumberland comprising the remains of a medieval preceptory, a sixteenth-century house, and a Second World War pillbox. The preceptory, likely established by the Knights Templar or Knights Hospitaller, represents the ecclesiastical and military h…

Antonia / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Cresswell tower house
Cresswell tower house
Scheduled monument · ~3.4 mi

Cresswell Tower is a fourteenth-century tower house situated in Northumberland, representing the defensive domestic architecture characteristic of the Anglo-Scottish border region during the medieval period. The structure exemplifies the fortified dwellings constructed by local landowners to prot…

Hadrianus1959 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Felton Old Bridge
Felton Old Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~4.8 mi

Felton Old Bridge is a medieval stone bridge crossing the River Coquet in Northumberland. The structure dates from the thirteenth century and represents an important example of medieval bridge engineering in northern England. The bridge features a single arch of considerable span, characteristic…

Joan Sykes / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Guyzance (or Brainshaugh) Chapel near Acklington
Guyzance (or Brainshaugh) Chapel near Acklington
Scheduled monument · ~5.4 mi

Guyzance Chapel is a medieval religious building located near Acklington in Northumberland. The chapel dates to the medieval period and represents a small place of worship serving the local community in this rural part of northern England. The structure survives as a modest stone building, charac…

Lisa Jarvis / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Morpeth Old Bridge
Morpeth Old Bridge
Scheduled monument · ~6.3 mi

Morpeth Old Bridge is a medieval stone bridge crossing the River Coquet at Morpeth in Northumberland. Dating from the fourteenth century, it represents an important example of medieval bridge construction in northern England and would have served as a vital crossing point facilitating trade and c…

Simon Cobb / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons
Bell tower or clock tower
Bell tower or clock tower
Scheduled monument · ~6.4 mi

Bell tower is a medieval bell tower located in Northumberland, England. The structure dates from the medieval period and serves as an example of ecclesiastical architecture typical of its era. As a listed monument, it represents an important surviving element of the region's religious heritage an…

David Clark / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Widdrington Castle and 18th century Gothic castle and gardens south of Widdrington Farm
Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles
Eshott Castle fortified house
Scheduled monument · ~3.4 miles
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