Castles
Local Castles include:
- Bellister
- Thirlwall
- Blenkinsopp
- Langley
- Ridley Hall
- Haltwhistle
- Featherstone
- Unthank
- Willemoteswick
There are many uses of the word castle for various buildings ranging from hunting lodges, fortified buildings and mansion houses, through to castles authorised by the Crown. Not all of the above buildings are actual ‘Castles’ authorised by the Crown.
Little is known about Haltwhistle Castle because other than some possible fortified bank remnants little remains although we do have Castle Hill and Drive.
You can find out more on wiki and elsewhere about almost all of the other sites:
- Bellister
- Thirlwall
- Blenkinsopp
- Langley
- Ridley Hall
- Featherstone
- Featherstone PoW Camp
- Unthank Hall and Unthank, Haltwhistle
- Willemoteswick No significant entry found
A full list of Castes in Northumberland can be found: here - scroll down the page until you reach the County of Northumberland.
There is a brief introduction to the history of Haltwhistle here: Haltwhistle History and here: Turbulent Past