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ituated on the very border between Scotland and England - the border having
been adopted in 1018. This former burgh of Coldstream joins the two countries
at the natural boundary of the River Tweed. The town grew up around a ford but
after the Coldstream bridge was built (by John Smeaton in 1766) the ford was
no longer utilised.
his border town is of course associated with the Coldstream Guards although
that regiment was not raised here. It was from here however that they set out
(in 1660) on a long journey south to London where they brought about the
restoration of King Charles II.
The Coldstream Museum, where you will find out about the history of the town and that of the Coldstream Guards, is situated in the town's neat Square, in which there are many fine buildings. A few miles north of Coldstream is the Hirsel, the seat of the Earls of Hume. The 14th Earl, Sir Alec Douglas Hume, was British Prime Minister 1963-1964 although it was necessary to relinquish this title in order to do so.
ost people will have heard of Greta Green but may not be aware that many such
'marriage houses' existed across Scotland's border. There is one such house
by the bridge at Coldstream where, if not with undue haste then certainly
without much ceremony, marriages were performed.
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