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Parishes of Kirkwhelpington & Kirkharle Sheet 40. 15

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Castle Capheaton Castle Revd Mr Walker 60 chains North of
(Site of) site of Makemerich
Capheaton Castle Mr Turnbull
site of
Capheaton Castle Revd Septimus Meggieson
site of The Castle stood a little to the
Capheaton Castle Hodgson’s History of Northumberld} South of the present Hall
site of Pt 2 Vol. 1 P. 218 } it was moated round and
Capheaton Castle Burk’s Peerage reputed for being a place of strength
site of Every vestige of the moat & Castle
Capheaton Castle Collins Histy have alike disappeared
site of "Hodgson’s" referring to the Castle says "it occurs in the list of
fortified places made out some time while the Duke of Bedford had possession of the
estates of Henry Percy." "Collins" describes it "moated about and had a draw
bridge and was a place of resort in the moss trooping times when the Gentlemen
of the Country met together to oppose those felonious aggressors upon the goods &
Chattels of the Country"
"Capheaton was anciently a Castle with moat & drawbridge and a beacon on the
summit it served as a place of rendezvous for the gentlemen of the Country who
met together to oppose the felonious aggression of the mass troopers, it was
thrown down and rebuilt by Sir Wm Swinburne in 1688[sic]"
"Burk’s Peerage"
Capheaton Hall Capheaton Hall White’s Directory 61 chains N of Makemerich
Capheaton Hall Hodgsons History Was erected in 16688 near the site
Capheaton Hall Revd. Septimus Meggieson of the old Castle from designs by Robert Trollop it is a
Capheaton Hall Revd. Mr. Walker handsome mansion having Servant’s Hall Stabling gardens
and ornamental grounds attached. the south front commands
a beautiful prospect over an extensive ornamental Park and the
North front looks onto the extensive wood that nearly envelopes the Hall
It is the property & residence of Sir John Swinburne
Thomas Jordan
2nd Corporal Royal Engineers

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