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Otterburn

Otterburn, village, Northumberland, N England. It was the scene of a victory (1388) of the Scots over the English. The engagement, in which Sir Henry Percy was taken captive, is the subject of the English ballad Chevy Chase and the Scots ballad Otterburn.

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