Fishwick, Scottish Borders

Fishwick is a parish with a small mediaeval village (now vanished) in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, in the traditional county of Berwickshire, seven miles from Berwick-upon-Tweed.

[2] Anciently Fishwick was a possession of Coldingham Priory a cell of the Bishopric of Durham.

The superiorities of the Priory became part of the Barony of Coldingham which in 1621 was held by James, 2nd Earl of Home (d.

[4] Just south of the Tweed from Fishwick is the northernmost village in England, Horncliffe.

When it was opened it was the longest wrought-iron suspension bridge in the world, and it is still carrying traffic, though now only one vehicle at a time.