Why Scotland Owns A Field In England
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- Why does the border between England and Scotland branch off into a single field on the English side of the river Tweed? Was it just randomly drawn onto the map or is there some history behind it? In this video, I look at the Ba' Green, a small field that is owned by Scotland and has been for centuries after the town of Coldstream won it from the town of Wark in a game of football.
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Recorded on the border in January 2023.
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The Jolly Reiver is my project aiming to preserve and promote the forgotten folklore and history of rural Britain. Primarily focusing on folklore and legends, you’ll not find me trying to deconstruct these old stories or trying to rationalise them with science and psychology. Instead I will present them as they were always told by our forebears, and leave the conclusions up to you. Videos are filmed on location to show you exactly where these stories took place.
I own a piece of land my grandfather won in a poker game from his neighbor. It’s not even as big as that field but it is a little over an acre I wouldn’t have if some man years ago hadn’t been so sure of his hand. An acre of added pasture is pretty useful.
Great story!
There was a time when I would have felt sore about losing an inch of land to the Scots. But since learning how much of my ancestry are Scottish, Irish and Welsh I can no longer see things in such black and white terms. Very entertaining video Reiver.
Cheers man, glad you enjoyed!
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Beth
Irish, American
(County Kerry) Linenage
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If we can have Berwick back you can have the field. (joking)
Enjoyed the video, thanks.
Cheers Andy
Excellent presentation. Keep making stuff like that and you'll for sure keep growing
Thank you :-)
Fascinating history.You learn something new everyday.Cheers for a very informative video.👍
My pleasure :-)
Excellent video as always, I had no idea this even existed. This is why I love this channel, it highlights fascinating facts about the isles that you probably would not have known otherwise. I also didn't know the Coldstream Guards were named after a Scottish town, I always assumed it was a London connection. This type of video I also see doing well, it makes people curious and click on the video for an answer. Cheers from Canada.
Thanks man, really appreciate the kind comment! Glad you like the little known stories!
I heard that Coldstream has an English side to it where they were formed (like at the bridge), so they were neither Scottish nor English but 'on the border'?
perhaps all the way up to the Lothians, including the capital should be returned to Northumbria? Or perhaps all the way down to the Tees should be returned to the Scots? Depends when you start the clock of what is England and what is Scotland!
I still love coming back to your videos! They’re wonderful at showing the beauty and brutality of our culture!
And I thought I was fairly clued up on the border oddities of the world haha
I learnt something new today, great job as always
Thank you :-)
That's really interesting, thank you for sharing this
Fascinating. If land was decided upon with football these days, how much of England would end up being Africa?
The funny thing is….
None if it was shootouts.
Really interesting thanks 😊
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It would be fantastic to revive those matches. Have a yearly game and whoever won gets to plant their flag in the ground until next year.
Hopefully one day!
So fascinating. Like you said, I've never heard of a border being decided by a sports match. Maybe Hearts should play New Castle United for a rematch.
I did a quick search to see if a Wark FC exists, and indeed it does, they reformed it in 2019. I wonder if they know there is an ancient wrong that must be righted?
Hope their manager sees this video!
Great video.. Interesting to know more about the border’s history 👍🏻
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Only in Britain
The Scotland is best connty to travel to on holiday ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Nice lesson, thanks. ✌🏻
My pleasure :-)
Awesome history!
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It may feel like England to some people, it's still Scotland 😀No hard feelings though. 🙋🏻♀ A fitba match every year to keep the story alive would be a great idea... a game not a war, mind you. Perhaps you could initiate the event and make a video about it... Contact some popular English and Scottish players to join right in... You'd make it to the evening news showing how both countries can compete peacefully. There's a lot more in common on either side of the boarder than what this line divides. The only problem could be some glaikit fitba ninjas show up and start a fight.
Brilliant!
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The only game of football you'll ever see me play 😂
My money is on the Scotts! 😉
Beth
Tennessee, USA ☘️
thank you it was a really great topic really instresing and lots of information thanks loved it and a informative video topic keep going
Glad you enjoyed!
Excellent!! I vaguely knew the field existed but not even by name. Thank you for this illuminating video.
Glad you enjoyed Charles!
This is so interesting! Love it. Thank you 💙
My pleasure :-)
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Who tends to it? Can anyone visit it? Why not plant sheep on it?
I’ve no idea, some local landowner/farmer I guess.
But yes anyone can visit :-)
@@TheJollyReiver Thank you. It's lovely. ❣️
You have a right to roam on it, responsibly, under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003.
The Debatable Lands sounds like a really funny name, I'm curious as to what's up with that.
I’ll no doubt cover it in a video soon!
Here's some more folklore I'd like to see video about. Are here some that you vane not heard before?
Dragon of Mordiford
Jack the Giant Killer
Beast of Dean
Cath Palug
Boneless/Frittening/It of Shetland Isles
Afanc
If the Northern English 🏴 had foresight - We would be living in a Great Country with its Border around Southern Yorkshire.. No Public School Toffs from Eton in Westminster treating us like Serfs.
A question ? Why do the English always vote for politicians that hate them ?