Cornhill-on-Tweed is a small village and

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about to the east of

Coldstream Coldstream ( gd, An Sruthan Fuar , sco, Caustrim) is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland. A former burgh, Coldstream is the home of the Coldstream Guards, a regiment in the British Army. Description Coldstream l ...

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. The

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of West Learmouth and East Learmouth are located to the south and west of the village respectively.

History

A mile north-west of the village, on a spur above the River Tweed are the earthwork remains of Cornhill Castle. At the west end of the village, Cornhill House, a private residence is also thought to have originated as a castle, archaeological work was carried out on and around the building in 2019 by AAG Archaeology. Cornhill Castle Mound - geograph

Religion

In the center of the town lies St Helen's Church, part of the parish of Cornhill-on-Tweed. Its sister churches are in

Carham Carham or Carham on Tweed is a village in Northumberland, England. The village lies on the south side of the River Tweed about west of Coldstream. According to the United Kingdom Census 2011, it is the place in England with greatest proportion o ...

and Branxton. A church has resided on the site since Saxon times. Local legend has it that in 1840, when the Church was enlarged, an 8 ft man was found buried under the nave.

Transport

Cornhill-on-Tweed lies at a junction of the

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and A698 roads - the latter linking to

Berwick-upon-Tweed Berwick-upon-Tweed (), sometimes known as Berwick-on-Tweed or simply Berwick, is a town and civil parish in Northumberland, England, south of the Anglo-Scottish border, and the northernmost town in England. The 2011 United Kingdom census reco ...

, the nearest significant town, some away.

Education

The Cornhill School was built in 1837 and closed in 2012. Pupils from the village now attended schools nearby.

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