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Hawick (hô`îk), town (1991 pop. 16,213), Scottish Borders, S Scotland, on the Teviot River. The largest Scottish town on the English border, Hawick is famous for its woolens and tweeds. Besides the manufacture of knitwear, Hawick's industries include dye works and light engineering plants. It also serves as a market and commercial center for remote farm areas. The house of the barons of Drumlanrig was the only building not burned by the English during a border raid in 1570. St. Mary's Church (1763) stands on the site of a 7th-century Celtic church. Hawick a town in SE Scotland, in S central Scottish Borders: knitwear industry. Pop.: 14 573 (2001) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| A woman, seemingly between 26 and 30 years of age, who called herself Mary Forster, pretty tall and fat, large breasts, and big belly, as If with child, born at or near Hawick in Northumberland, black hair and eyebrows, absented herself from her service with Richard Atkinson, of Bishop-Wearmouth, in the County of Durham, innholder, and hath robb'd him of a considerable sum of money. Tim and Willy Paterson-Brown, brothers, were born and raised in Hawick, Scotland, and currently reside in Seattle, Washington. |
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