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Dunstan
Dunstan is a village in Northumberland located about half a mile from Craster and the coast. The village has a number of holiday cottages and a campsite. Craster Towers (a Grade 2 listed country house) lies to the south of Dunstan, and the road to it has a Grade 2 listed Castle-like Gateway. Dunstanburgh Castle is located just over a mile north east of Dunstan.
DUNSTON, a township, in the parish of Embleton, union of Alnwick, S. division of Bambrough ward, N. division of Northumberland, 6¼ miles (N.E.) from Alnwick; containing 218 inhabitants. It comprises between 2,000 and 3,000 acres, of which a portion is old grass-land; the soil is generally well adapted for the cultivation of wheat, and a lighter description grows turnips to great perfection. Limestone abounds, and the fine cliffs which intersect the township furnish an inexhaustible supply of the best material for roads, walls, &c. On a bold basaltic rock, jutting out into the sea, are the ruins of an extensive castle, formerly constituting a member of the duchy of Lancaster, but now belonging to the Earl of Tankerville.
Extract from: A Topographical Dictionary of England comprising the several counties, cities, boroughs, corporate and market towns, parishes, and townships..... 7th Edition, by Samuel Lewis, London, 1848.
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Embleton Parish, 1855
- Extract from: History, Topography, and Directory of Northumberland...Whellan, William, & Co, 1855. EMBLETON PARISH EMBLETON parish comprises the chapelries of Rock and Rennington, and the townships of Broxfield, Brunton …
