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General Index
Border surnames are given in their modern forms. E.g. ‘Elliot’ for ‘Elwodd’ or ‘Elwold’, ‘Graham’ for ‘Greme’ or ‘Grayme’.
DL = Debatable Land
accent divide ref1, ref2
Acts of Union (1707) ref1
Áedán mac Gabráin, King of Dál Riata ref1
Aedui tribe ref1
Agricola, Gnaeus Julius ref1
Alexander III of Scotland ref1
Anglo-Saxon, language see Old English
Anglo-Saxons ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Antonine Itinerary ref1
Armstrong, Alexander (‘Lang Sandy’) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Armstrong, Archebald ref1
Armstrong, Archibald (‘Archy’) ref1
Armstrong, David (‘Davy the Lady’) ref1
Armstrong, George (‘Geordie Armstrong of Cadgill’) ref1
Armstrong, Hector (‘Hector of Harelaw’) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Armstrong, Hector (‘Yonge Hector’) ref1
Armstrong, John, blacksmith ref1
Armstrong, John (‘John of the Side’) ref1
Armstrong, John (‘Johnnie Armstrong of Gilnockie’) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Armstrong, Dr John, poet ref1
Armstrong, Lance (‘Bonnyboots’) ref1
Armstrong, Simon (‘Sim’), of Cat Hill ref1
Armstrong, Simon (‘Sim’), of Whithaugh ref1
Armstrong, Thom (Thomas) ref1
Armstrong, William, of Kinmont (or Sark, or Morton) (‘Kinmont Willie’) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Armstrong, William (‘Ill Will’) ref1
Armstrong, William (‘Sorbytrees’), farmer ref1
Armstrong, William, of Sark ref1
Armstrong–Graham marriages ref1
Armstrong surname ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17
invasion of DL ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
repression of ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Armstrongs of Whithaugh ref1
Arthur, King, legendary figure ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Arthur, ‘leader of battles’ ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
‘Arthur’ place names ref1, ref2, ref3
Artorius see Castus, Lucius Artorius
Arverni tribe ref1
‘Auld Alliance’ (Scotland and France) ref1
ballads ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Barbarian Conspiracy (AD 367) ref1
barmkins / barnekins ref1, ref2, ref3
‘batable’ see ‘debatable’
Batie surname ref1
Batteson surname ref1
bauchling / bawchling ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
beacons ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
The Beatles ref1
Beattie surname ref1, ref2
Beatties of Sark ref1
Beckett, Samuel ref1
Bell surname ref1, ref2, ref3
Bertie, Peregrine, thirteenth Baron Willoughby de Eresby ref1
Bible, King James ref1, ref2
bills (complaints) ref1, ref2, ref3
Birrell, Robert ref1
Bituriges tribe ref1
‘Black Jock’ (Johnnie Armstrong of Gilnockie; originally applied to a different John Armstrong) ref1
‘Black Knight of Liddesdale’ see Douglas, Sir William
blackmail ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Blaeu, Joan ref1, ref2
Blakey, Wattie, molecatcher ref1, ref2
Bolbec, Hugh de ref1
Bonnie Prince Charlie see Stuart, Charles Edward
‘Bonnyboots’ see Armstrong, Lance
Book of Common Prayer ref1
Border Commission ref1, ref2, ref3
Border law see March law
Bothwell see Hepburn, James; Stewart, Francis
boundary markers ref1, ref2, ref3
boundary names ref1, ref2, ref3
Bowes, Sir Robert ref1, ref2
Braveheart, film ref1
Brettas (or Bretar) place names ref1
Brexit see United Kingdom European Union Membership Referendum
Brigantes tribe ref1, ref2
Britons, ancient ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Brittonic (or Brythonic), language ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
‘broken men’ (or ‘clanless loons’) ref1, ref2
Buccleuch, Richard Scott, tenth Duke of ref1
Buccleuch, Walter Scott, first Lord Scott of (‘the Bold Buccleuch’) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Buccleuch Estates ref1
Buccleuch family ref1
Buchan, John, first Baron Tweedsmuir ref1, ref2
Buchan (or Doric) dialect ref1
Buckingham, Duke of see Villiers
Bullock, Henry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
burial practices ref1, ref2
Burns, Robert ref1, ref2
buses ref1, ref2
127 ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
AD122 ref1
X95 ref1
‘busy weeks’ (or ‘ill weeks’) ref1, ref2
Byers surname ref1
Caesar, Gaius Julius ref1
Calvert surname ref1
Camden, William ref1, ref2
‘Camelot’, fictional court ref1
Campbell clan ref1
Carey, Robert, first Earl of Monmouth ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Carleton, Thomas ref1
Carlisle (or Carlyle) surname ref1
Carlisle United football club ref1, ref2
Carmichael, Sir John ref1, ref2
Carruthers surname ref1, ref2
Cassius Dio Cocceianus ref1, ref2, ref3
Castus, Lucius Artorius ref1, ref2
‘The Cattle-Raid of Cooley’ ref1
Cecil, Robert, first Earl of Salisbury ref1, ref2, ref3
Cecil, William, first Baron Burghley ref1
Celtic languages ref1, ref2
Celts, ancient ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
Charles I ref1
Charlton, William, engine driver ref1
Charlton surname ref1
Chichester, Arthur, first Baron Chichester of Belfast ref1
Church of England ref1, ref2
Church of Scotland ref1
Clan Armstrong Trust ref1
clans see surnames
Clark, Stewart ref1
Clifford, George, third Earl of Cumberland ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Commodus, Marcus Aurelius, emperor ref1, ref2
common land ref1
communication networks ref1
Conservative Party ref1
Copshaw Clatter (Newcastleton) ref1
Cranston (or Cranstoun), William, first Lord Cranstoun ref1
Cromwell, Thomas, first Earl of Essex ref1
Croser, Clement (‘Nebless Clem’) ref1
Croser, William (‘Ill-Wild Will’) ref1
Croser (or Crozier) surname ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Cumberland, Earl of see Clifford
Cumberland News (Carlisle) ref1
Cumbria County Council ref1
Cumbric, language or dialect ref1, ref2
Dacre, Sir Christopher ref1
Dacre, Elizabeth, Baroness Gilsland ref1
Dacre, Thomas, second Baron Dacre of Gilsland ref1, ref2, ref3
Dacre, William, third Baron Dacre of Gilsland ref1, ref2, ref3
Dacre surname ref1
Damnonii tribe ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
Davies, Hugh ref1
Davison, surname ref1, ref2
Debatable Land
ancient origins ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
as ‘batable’ land ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
as reivers’ stronghold ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
as part of Anglo-Scottish border ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
as tribal buffer zone ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
boundaries ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17
boundary chapels ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
boundary forts ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
colonization and cultivation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
depopulation and deportation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
devastation ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
geography (physical) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14
invasion by clans or ‘surnames’ ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
invasion by government troops ref1, ref2
maps ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12
misconceptions ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
partition ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
population ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
post-partition ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
present-day ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16
role in formation of UK ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6
surveys ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
traditional legal status ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Dixon (or Dickson) surname ref1, ref2
Dodd surname ref1
Domesday Book ref1
Douglas, Sir Robert ref1, ref2
Douglas, Sir William, ‘the Black Knight of Liddesdale’ ref1
Douglas surname ref1
Druids ref1, ref2
Dudley, John, first Duke of Northumberland ref1
Dunbar, Gavin, Archbishop of Glasgow ref1, ref2
Dunne surname ref1
Edward I ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Edward II ref1, ref2
Edward VI ref1, ref2, ref3
‘Egyptians’ ref1
Elizabeth I ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10
Elliot, Archie (‘Dog Pyntle Elliot’) ref1
Elliot, Archie (‘Fire-the-Braes’) ref1
Elliot, George (‘Buggerback’) ref1
Elliot, Jock (‘Jock Halflugs’) ref1
Elliot, John, printer ref1
Elliot, John (‘Little Jock’) ref1, ref2
Elliot, Robin (‘the Bastarde of Glenvoren’) ref1
Elliot, William (‘Wynking Will’) ref1
Elliot surname ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
Elliots of Liddesdale ref1, ref2
Elliots of Newcastleton ref1
Eskdale & Liddesdale Advertiser ref1, ref2
EU Referendum see United Kingdom European Union Membership Referendum
European Union ref1, ref2, ref3
Evens, Eunice ref1, ref2
Evens, George Bramwell (‘Romany’) ref1, ref2
Fenwick, Mary ref1
Fenwick surname ref1, ref2
fish garth ref1
fishing ref1, ref2, ref3
Flying Scotsman, train ref1
football ref1, ref2, ref3
forestry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Forster, Sir John ref1, ref2
Forster, Margaret, of Allergarth ref1
Forster, Nicholas, son of Sir John ref1
Forster, Thome, of Allergarth ref1
Forster (or Foster) surname ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Foster, Hobb, of Kershope Leys ref1
Foster, Will, of Greena ref1
François II ref1
Franks ref1
Fraser, George MacDonald ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Gaelic, language ref1, ref2, ref3
Gauls, ancient ref1
Geoffrey of Monmouth ref1
Gibson, Mel ref1
Gilpin, Bernard ref1
Glaster surname ref1
Gow, Ian, MP ref1
Graham, Archie ref1
Graham, Billy, evangelist ref1
Graham, Fargus (‘Fargus of Mote’) ref1
Graham, Fergus, of Plomp (‘Fargus the Plumpes’) ref1
Graham, Lady Hermione ref1
Graham, John, labourer ref1
Graham, John, of Grasmere ref1
Graham, Richard (‘Old Rich of Netherby’) ref1, ref2
Graham, Richard (‘Richey Grayme of Brackenhill’) ref1, ref2,
Graham, Sir Richard (‘the Good Man of Netherby in the Wood’) ref1
Graham, Thomas, of Kirkanders ref1
Graham, Thomas (Tom Greme) ref1
Graham, Umfraye (‘Shag’) ref1
Graham, William, of Meedop ref1
Graham, William (‘Lang Will’), of Stuble ref1
Graham surname ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18
deportation ref1, ref2
invasion of DL ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Grahams of Netherby ref1
grassmail ref1
graticules ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
‘graynes’ ref1
Great Monition of Cursing (1525) ref1, ref2, ref3
Gulf Stream ref1
Gwenddoleu, King ref1
‘Hadrian’s Wall’, garden feature ref1
haggis ref1, ref2, ref3
Hall surname ref1
Halliday surname ref1
‘Hands Across the Border’ campaign ref1, ref2
Harden surname ref1
Hector of Harelaw see Armstrong, Hector
Henderson surname ref1, ref2
Henri II ref1
Henry III ref1
Henry VIII ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Hepburn, James, fourth Earl of Bothwell ref1, ref2, ref3
Hercules ref1, ref2
Hetherington surname ref1
Highland Clearances ref1
Historia Brittonum ref1, ref2, ref3
Historia Regum Britanniae ref1
Hodgson surname ref1
horse riding ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Huntington surname ref1
Irish Republican Army ref1
Irvine (or Irwin) surname ref1, ref2, ref3
Irwin, Laird of Gretna ref1
Irwin, George (‘Curst Georgie’) ref1
Jacobite rebellion (1745) ref1
James IV ref1
James V ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
James VI and I ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13
Jardine surname ref1, ref2
Jeddart justice ref1
Jesus Christ ref1, ref2
John I (John Lackland) ref1, ref2
Johnson, Lyndon Baines ref1
Johnstone surname ref1, ref2
Kenneth I see MacAlpin
Ker (or Kerr) of Cessford, Sir Robert ref1
Kerr surname ref1
King Arthur, film ref1
Kinmont Willie see Armstrong, William, of Kinmont
‘koyners’ (counterfeiters) ref1
Laidlaw surname ref1
lairds ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
‘Lang Sandy’ see Armstrong, Alexander
‘Lang Sandy’ statue, Rowanburn ref1, ref2, ref3
Lazarus, Raising of ref1
Leges marchiarum see March law
Legio II Augusta ref1
Legio VI Victrix ref1, ref2
Legio XX Valeria
Victrix ref1
Leland, John ref1
Lesley (or Leslie), John, Bishop of Ross ref1
Liddesdale, Keepers of ref1
Liddesdale drow ref1, ref2
Lilliard, Maiden, legendary figure ref1
Lindsay, Earls of ref1
Little surname ref1, ref2, ref3
Lowther, Sir Richard ref1
Lyddesdales (men of Liddesdale) ref1
MacAlpin, Kenneth (Cináed mac Ailpín), Kenneth I ref1
MacDiarmid, Hugh (Christopher Murray Grieve) ref1
Macdonald clan ref1
McMurtry, Larry ref1
Maharg surname ref1
Maitland, Sir Richard, of Lethington ref1, ref2
Manchester United football club ref1
Maponus, Celtic god ref1, ref2
March law / Border law ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Marinus of Tyre ref1, ref2
marriages, cross-border ref1, ref2, ref3
Mary Queen of Scots (Mary Stuart, Mary I) ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Maxwell, Herbert ref1
Maxwell, James ref1, ref2
Maxwell, Robert, fifth Lord Maxwell ref1
Maxwell, Robert, sixth Lord Maxwell ref1
Maxwell surname ref1
Merlin, Arthurian character ref1, ref2
Middle English, language ref1
Milburn surname ref1
milestones ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Mitchell, Elizabeth ref1
moles ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Monnipennie, John ref1
Musgrave, Thomas ref1, ref2
Musgrave surname ref1
Myrddin, legendary bard of King Gwenddoleu ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
‘Nasty Nixon’, reiver character ref1
National Archives of Scotland ref1
National Cycle Network ref1
Neave, Airey, MP ref1
Neville, Charles, sixth Earl of Westmorland ref1
Newcastleton Traditional Music Festival ref1
News and Star (Carlisle) ref1
New York Times ref1
Nichol surname ref1
Night Mail, film ref1
Nixon, George (‘Ill-Drowned Geordie’) ref1
Nixon, John (‘Gleyed John’) ref1
Nixon, Richard Milhous ref1
Nixon, William (‘Fingerless Will’) ref1
Nixon surname ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8
Noble surname ref1, ref2, ref3
Norman Conquest ref1, ref2, ref3
North British Railway ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
North Sea oil ref1
Ogham inscriptions ref1
Old English, language ref1, ref2
Old Norse, language ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
Oliver surname ref1
Order for the Burial of the Dead ref1
Ordnance Survey ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
otters ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4