West March

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West March was a historically contested frontier district along the Anglo-Scottish border, notorious for lawlessness and raiding during the era of the Border Reivers.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
West March canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (28)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border district ⓘ
frontier ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
abolishedAfterEvent Union of the Crowns of England and Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Union of the Crowns
activePeriod early modern period ⓘ
late Middle Ages ⓘ
associatedWith Border Reivers era ⓘ
borderFunction defensive frontier ⓘ
zone of military responsibility ⓘ
borderSystem Anglo-Scottish Marches ⓘ
characterizedBy cattle raiding ⓘ
feuding clans ⓘ
weak central authority ⓘ
countryDuringPeriod Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
hasCounterpart East March ⓘ
Middle March ⓘ
historicallyContested true ⓘ
historicalStatus abolished ⓘ
knownFor Border Reivers ⓘ
lawlessness ⓘ
raiding ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay England ⓘ
Scotland ⓘ
locatedOnBorderWith Kingdom of England ⓘ
Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
partOf Anglo-Scottish border ⓘ
timeOfAbolition early 17th century ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

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

Border Reivers → operatedInRegion → West March ⓘ
Clan Johnstone → borderMarch → West March ⓘ
Border Reivers → areaOfActivity → West March ⓘ
subject linked to: border reivers
Middle March → hasCounterpart → West March ⓘ
Musgrave family → borderRegion → West March ⓘ