Battles of North East England
Site of the Battle of Heavenfield photographed by David Simpson. The Battles are listed below
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Battle of Heavenfield near Hexham 634 AD (The Northumbrians versus the Welsh)
Battle of Carham on Tweed 1016 (The Northumbrians versus the Scots)
Siege of Durham 1069 (The Northumbrians versus the Normans)
Massacre of the Bishop, Gateshead 1081 (The Northumbrians versus the Normans)
Battle at Alnwick 1093 (The English versus the Scots)
Battle at Alnwick 1174 (The English versus the Scots)
Battle of Hallidon Hill near Berwick 1333 (The English versus the Scots)
Battle of Nevilles Cross, near Durham 17th October 1346 (The English versus the Scots)
Battle of Otterburn 19th August 1388 (The English versus the Scots)
Battle of Homildon (Humbleton Hill) near Wooler 14th Sept 1402 (The English versus the Scots)
Battle of Hedgeley Moor near Wooler 1464 (Wars of the Roses Lacastrians versus Yorkists)
Battle of Hexham 15th May 1464 (Wars of the Roses Lacastrians versus Yorkists)
Battle of Flodden Field 9th September 1513 (The English versus the Scots)
The Rookhope Ryde 1569 (Tynedale versus Weardale)
The Raid of Reidswire 1575 (A border fray)
The Border Reivers - Lawless clans of the Border (Sixteenth Century)
Sunderland versus Newcastle (Civil war) 1644 (Parliamentarians versus Royalists)
Hexham Massacre 1761 (A riot that ended in bloodshed)
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