The
Battle of Newburn took place in 1640 during the
Bishops' Wars.
Scottish Covenanters planted guns to protect them while fording the river
Tyne near
Newburn[?] in
Northumberland, after which they defeated the
English on the
Durham side of Newburn at
Stellaheugh[?], and subsequently occupied
Newcastle upon Tyne. The name of
Scotswood[?], one of the villages between Newburn and Newcastle, commemorates one of the Scottish positions.
Original text from 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica