| MELROSE | Town in the Scottish Borders, Scotland, housing a 12th-century abbey |
| PEEBLES | Town in the Scottish Borders. that is the birthplace of singer-songwriter Eric Bogle |
| CATHARS | Followers of a 12th century religious movement which originated in southern France (7) |
| CREMONA | City in northern Italy (pop about 70,000), with a 12th century cathedral (7) |
| MATILDA | A 12th-century empress; daughter and heir of Henry I and mother of Henry II (7) |
| OFCLYDE | Inlet of the Atlantic in SW Scotland housing the Isle of Arran (5,2,5) |
| CARLINS | A rock in the Scottish Borders from which witches jumped (7,4) |
| AMBERLEY | West Sussex village housing a 12th-century manor house and castle (8) |
| LLANDAFF | District of Cardiff housing a 12th-century cathedral (8) |
| KELSO | Market town in the Scottish Borders at the confluence of the Rivers Teviot and Tweed (5) |
| THURSO | Town in Highland, NE Scotland housing a ruined 19th-century castle (6) |
| SHERBORNE | Market town in Dorset with a Tudor mansion built by Sir Walter Raleigh next to the ruins of a 12th-century castle (9) |
| HAWICK | Town in the Scottish Borders whose rugby team plays at Mansfield Park (6) |
| JEDBURGH | Town in the Scottish borders, home to Queen Mary's House (8) |
| CATHAR | Member of a 12th century and 13th century Christian sect in Provence who believed the material world was evil (6) |
| ANCHORMAN | Presenter in a 12th-century church near the front |
| LEVEN | Loch ___, body of water in Perth and Kinross, Scotland housing a castle that was a place of imprison |
| LOCHLEVEN | Body of water in Scotland housing a castle that was the place of imprisonment of Mary, Queen of Scot |
| AILSACRAIG | Rocky island in south Ayrshire, Scotland, housing a colony of gannets (5,5) |
| SELBY | Market town in North Yorkshire on the River Ouse housing an 11th-century abbey |
