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| Dilston | Dilston | John Grey Esq | About 16 chains S. Of | A small scattered Hamlet consisting of a few | ||
| Dilston | Mr Lee | Low Town | good dwellings the principal house is the Hall | |||
| Dilston | Mr Thompson | which is the residence of the agent of John Grey Esq the property | ||||
| Dilston | White’s Directory | of the commissioners of Greenwich Hospital | ||||
| Dilston | County Map | |||||
| Dilston Castle | Dilston Castle | John Grey Esq | About 5 chains NE of | This is the remains of an old baronial residence | ||
| (Remains of) | Remains of | Dilston Hall | the seat of the Devilstones an ancient Norman Family | |||
| Dilston Castle | Mr Lee | who held it from the time of the conquest till the | ||||
| Remains of | reign of Henry III it afterwards had many owners | |||||
| Dilston Castle | Mr Thompson | and became the property of the Radcliffes in the | ||||
| Remains of | reign of Queen Elizabeth and was together with | |||||
| Old Tower | White’s Directory | the Estate of Dilston in the possession of this | ||||
| Mansion house | Hutchinson’s History | illustrious Family till 1715 when it was confiscated | ||||
| Dilston Hall | County Map | for the disloyalty of its Lord it is now a complete | ||||
| ruin and nothing but naked walls at present | ||||||
| remains of its former splendour" | ||||||
| MacKenzies History | ||||||
| It is roofed and unoccupied and at present | ||||||
| is in a state of great decay the walls are | ||||||
| built of stone & massive | ||||||
| Edw. Gillespie Sapper Royal Engineers |
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