Parliament Square

About Parliament Square

This humble cobbled square is according to local legend - the site of an emergency parliament following the capture of King David II at the Battle of Neville‘s Cross on the outskirts of Durham on 17 October 1346. King David was imprisoned in the Tower of London and was not released until 1357. A more likely origin for the name is to commemorate the Union of the Parliaments of England and Scotland in 1707 as many of the buildings in the Square date from the 18th century but may he built on older foundations. The Square was re- cobbled and a paved surface laid by Scottish Borders Council in 1999 with financial assistance from the European Regional Development Fund.