Otterburn, Northumberland Otterburn, Northumberland Otterburn is a small village in Northumberland, England, northwest of Newcastle upon Tyne on the banks of the River Rede, near the confluence of the Otter Burn, from which the village derives its name. It lies within the Cheviot Hills about from the Scottish border. The parish of Otterburn is at the heart of Redesdale, a Northumbrian upland valley. The name simply means otter stream, a stream frequented by otters (Old English "otor" + "brunna"). Otterburn was the site of a major battle in 1388 between English and Scottish armies. The engagement, in which the Scots took Sir
Lyne, Scottish Borders Act of the Scottish Parliament of 1621, the Parish of Lyne was joined to that Megget, some 14 miles to the south without any proper connecting road. This union was dissolved after 270 years in 1891. Lyne, Scottish Borders Lyne () is a small village and civil parish in the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, west of the market town of Peebles; it lies off the A72, in the old county of Peeblesshire and has an area of about . The Lyne Water flows through the village on its journey from the Pentland Hills to the River Tweed. Lyne railway