Haltwhistle

Blenkinsopp Castle: Stands above what was once a wild and marshy valley, before the area was drained to allow for the Haltwhistle to Carlisle road and rail links early in the 19th century. When the Norman conquerors were sharing out their land there were no takers for this part, so the sitting tenant called Blencan was allowed to keep it. A fire destroyed most of the building in 1953 but claims persist that it is haunted by a "White Lady" who is reputed to be trapped as a spirit which cannot be released until the treasure which she hid from her husband, (thought to have been booty from the Crusades), is recovered.