TITLINGTON TOWER


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Titlington


Northumberland

  • Description

    "....The pele tower was either completely demolished or incorporated into a new house in 1745. In 1824, the 1745 building was demolished and replaced....In 1745 Roger Pearson either cleared away or altered the pele and built a house whose surviving trace is the date 1745 cut at the W corner of the (present) building....Some sources suggest the tower was built on the summit of the supposed motte of Titlington castle and that the motte was truncated when the tower was demolished. However the evidence for this is slight...."

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    Gatehouse Gazetter

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    Link: http://www.gatehouse-gazetteer.info/English%20sites/4417.html
    Resource type: Text/Website
    Added by: Simon Cotterill
    Last modified: 3 years, 11 months ago
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