Boots were also made for the British army - the Duke of Marlborough's troops marched to victory shod in Ancroft boots.
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Because of the repeated incursions by Scots, this northern part of what we now call Northumberland was placed in the charge of the prince-bishops of Durham.
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A village tradition claims that each of the one hundred trees on the southern skyline represents a cobbler.
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There was surely more than one croft here when the church was built, probably towards the end of the 11th century; but in common with most of this region, the community declined in the latter part of the 13th century because of the continual border raids by the Scots.
Between 1982 and 1996, Berwick Bandits were based at the Berrington Lough track near Ancroft, Northumberland.
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