TWEEDMOUTH, a parish in ISLANDSHIRE, county
palatine of DURHAM, though locally northward of the
county of Northumberland, adjoining Berwick upon
Tweed, and containing 4673 inhabitants. The living is
a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry of Northumberland,
and diocese of Durham, endowed with £200
private benefaction, £400 royal bounty, and £400 parliamentary
grant, and in the patronage of the Dean
and Chapter of Durham. The chapel, dedicated to
St. Bartholomew, which was formerly a chapel of ease
to Holy Island, was rebuilt in 1780. There is a place
of worship for Scotch Presbyterians. Tweedmouth,
situated on the southern bank of the Tvtfeed, forms a
"handsome suburb to the town of Berwick upon Tweed,
to which it is joined by an elegant stone bridge. The
inhabitants are principally employed in manufactures,
ship-building, and in a very productive salmonfishery.
Petty sessions are held at this place every Saturday.
An ancient hospital formerly existed here. In 1203,
King John made an attempt to fortify Tweedmouth to
repel the Scots, who twice interrupted the design, and
the works were entirely demolished by William, sur-
named the Lion, who then occupied Berwick. .Near
the village of East Ord, on the bank of the river, are
vestiges of an ancient British intrenchment, where many
fragments of military weapons have been found. In
this parish is Spittle, a sea-bathing place,-which see.