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Hawick

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

Hawick

By Alistair Moffat

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About the book

As Hawick celebrates the 500th anniversary of the fight at Hornshole, the first stirrings of the defining traditions of the common riding, Alistair Moffat takes the narrative much further back into the mists of prehistory, to the time of the Romans, the coming of the Angles and the Normans. He recounts how Hawick got its name, where the old village stood, who the early barons of Hawick were and then charts the amazing rise of the textile trade, bringing the story right up to the present day. Ben...Show more

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ISBN

9781780272290

Publisher

Birlinn General

Published year

2014

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Hawick

Format

Paperback

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