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COUNTY OF THE BOROUGH AND TOWN OF BERWICK UPON TWEED County of the Borough and Town of Berwick upon Tweed 5 & 6th William IV Cap. [Captain] 76 Sec. 109
Robert Home Esq.
Clerk of the Peace for the town of Berwick
The etymology of the word Berwick has often been the subject of explanation by many authotities but none of them have agreed satisfactorily upon the derivation of the word - some have offered that it is of Saxon origin, others that it is Teutonic and there are those who have not scrupled to ascribell its name to the ancient Britons Vic or Wick is a name that implied a village situated on a hill, and Ber may be construed into a stream sweeping around a corner or angle of a hill joining the sea. Camden derives it from the Saxon Berpnicapic, signifying the town of the Bernicians - among the various etymology given of Berwick, that of Aberwick is not the least probability, for Aber signifies a River, and Wick a town; hence the name of Berwick dropping the preliminary A. The situation of Aberdeen, Aberbrothwick, Abergavenny, Aberystwith etc are

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W. Brathy

Mr Home was written to on this subject, by Major Burnaby
on 23 February 1860 and recommend this name.
'Liberties of Berwick' not to appear on Plans
OMO [Ordinance Mapping Office] 3 March 1860

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