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| Castle | Warkworth Castle | Revd. J.W. Dunn | South end of | The remains of what has been a fine | ||
| (Remains of) | Warkworth Castle | Thomas Clutterbuck Esqr. | Warkworth Village | large stronghold. its natural situation | ||
| Warkworth Castle | Mr. Common | is good being defended to the North, | ||||
| (Remains of) | East & West by steep natural | |||||
| Warkworth Castle | Ferguson’s Hand Book | slopes. to the south it has been | ||||
| strengthened by a ditch &c &c. its date | ||||||
| of first erection is uncertain and its present | ||||||
| remains are of various periods the "Alnwick | ||||||
| Mercury" Augt. 1 1863 says "We know that | ||||||
| Warkworth Castle was in existence in AD 1173 when | ||||||
| the forces of William the Lion King of Scotland took it" | ||||||
| and then goes on to say "very probably the erection of this Castle | ||||||
| would have been commenced immediately after AD 1161 when | ||||||
| Roger Fitz Richard had a grant of the Manor of Warkworth | ||||||
| from Henry II". its principal remains are noted on the plan namely the "Keep" | ||||||
| in good preservation recently repaired and a portion made habitable. the "Gateway" | ||||||
| or principal entrance likewise in good preservation the western tower of which forms the | ||||||
| Keeper’s |
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| Tower" both ruinous about the latter two the same Authority says "At a somewhat later period | ||||||
| two Towers were erected within the Bailey one is called by the curious name of Cradyfargus | ||||||
| Tower but for what reason is not known. | ||||||
| From a great Lion Guardant very workmanlie wrought with a crescent round | ||||||
| his neck on which is inscribed Esperance the other is called the "Lion Tower" other remains | ||||||
| exist which have been | ||||||
| the Hall Kitchen Bakehouse &c &c. their foundations are all overgrown with grass | ||||||
| and are shewn on plan by dotted lines. | ||||||
| An underground Arch is shewn in the usual manner. the |
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| a Chapel about which the same Authority says "One of the later Percys commenced the erection | ||||||
| of a Collegiate Church within | ||||||
| the walls of the Castle but the work was never completed only the bases of the Pillars and the | ||||||
| foundations of the walls survive | ||||||
| This is one of the numerous Castles owned by the Duke of Northumberland | ||||||
| John Stewart 2nd Corpl RE | ||||||
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