Controversial Territories
Although the border has been amongst the most stable in history, it has not been without its controversies, notably the debatable lands and Berwick-upon-Tweed. Berwick only became properly annexed to Northumberland in the 19th century, and Berwickshire is in Scotland, while the town is in England (though both the town and lands up to the Firth of Forth belonged to the Kingdom of Northumbria in the Early Middle Ages). Wendy Wood moved the border signs to the middle of the River Tweed as a protest.
The debatable lands, on the other hand, were long a hideaway for criminals.
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