East March

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East March was a historically contested frontier district along the Anglo-Scottish border, notorious for lawlessness and raiding activity.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
East March canonical 7

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border district
historical region
borderWith English Marches
Scottish Marches
linked to: Scottish Borders
conflictType frontier zone
country Kingdom of England
Kingdom of Scotland
disestablishedBy Acts of Union 1707
Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542
Union of the Crowns
governedBy wardens of the marches
hasSubregion English East March
linked to: English Marches

Scottish East March
historicalFunction buffer zone between England and Scotland
historicalPeriod Early modern period
linked to: Early Modern period

Middle Ages
knownFor border reiving
lawlessness
raiding activity
locatedInPresentDay England
Northumberland
Scotland
Scottish Borders
locatedOn Anglo-Scottish border
notableFor cattle raiding
feuds between border families
partOf Anglo-Scottish Marches
Border Reivers territory
status abolished administrative unit
timePeriod c. 13th century to early 17th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Border Reivers operatedInRegion East March
Border Reivers areaOfActivity East March
subject linked to: border reivers
West March hasCounterpart East March
Middle March hasCounterpart East March
Musgrave family borderRegion East March