Wark on Tweed Wark on Tweed Wark on Tweed (usually referred to simply as Wark) is a village in the English county of Northumberland. It lies approximately south west of Berwick-upon-Tweed. It is on the south bank of the River Tweed which marks the border between England and Scotland. The ruins of Wark on Tweed Castle, originally an early 12th century motte-and-bailey, lie at the west end of the village. The border between Scotland and England runs down the middle of the River Tweed, however between the villages of Wark and Cornhill the Scottish border comes south of the river to enclose a
Union of England and Scotland Act 1603 existing Union of Crowns, and to report back to Parliament. The commission was not effective, however, and similar subsequent proposals also fell flat. The two kingdoms were eventually united over a century later, by the Acts of Union 1707. The Act was repealed by the Statute Law Revision Act 1863, being by this point entirely obsolete. Union of England and Scotland Act 1603 The Union of England and Scotland Act 1603 (1 Jac. I c.2), full title "An Act authorizing certain Commissioners of the realm of England", was an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of England enacted during the