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County of the Borough and Town of Berwick upon Tweed} continued

...equally so with the tradition of its
deriving its name from bears,
founded on the idea that the
neighbourhood was formerly infested
with those animals - The heralds
have adopted this supposition,
for to this day, the arms of the
Corporation are a bear chained to a tree -
When Aberwicke rose to any importance is not known; that it was a place
of considerable strength during the wars of the Romans and their allies there
is no sufficient evidence to prove - Antiquarians offer nothing definitive; all
is conjectural - some authors allege it was known to Ptolemy, the Geographer
who wrote in the time of Antoninus, by the name of Tnesis; but the situation described
by him does not correspond with that of the present town - several siver coins of
Gratian, Nero, Antoninus, Pius, Lucius, Flaminius and others, have at different times
been dug up, with their inscriptions defaced, but too distinct to admit a doubt
of their being Roman mintage - According to Maitland, the great
Roman road called Watling Street, or the Devils Causeway, crossed
the Tweed at Berwick, and there pursued its way into East Lothian -
Other annalists argue that it had a more westerly direction. But there are
evident remains of Roman fortification in the neighbourhood of

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