Castlefacts³

Most of the sites or buildings recorded in this web site are NOT open to the public and permission to visit a site must always be sought from the landowner or tenant.

Books

• Brears, Peter, 2011, 'The Administrative Role of Gatehouses in Fourteenth-Century North-Country Castles' in Airs, M. and Barnwell, P.S. (eds), The Medieval Great House (Donington: Shaun Tyas) p. 200-213
• Goodall, John, 2011, The English Castle 1066-1650 (Yale University Press) p. 329, 331-2, 439
• Geldard, Ed, 2009, Northumberland Strongholds (London: Frances Lincoln) p. 110
• Hislop, M., 2007, John Lewyn of Durham: a medieval mason in practice (Oxford: John and Erica Hedges: British Archaeological Reports British Series 438) p. 32-34, 61-63
• Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles and Tower Houses of County Durham (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 42-5
• Cooper, Nicholas, 1999, Houses of the Gentry, 1480-1680 (Yale University Press) p. 320
• Jackson, M.J., 1996, Castles of Durham and Cleveland (Carlisle) p. 42-4
• Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 1 Northern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 117-21, 159
• Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p. 30-1
• Corfe, Tom (ed), 1992, 'The Visible Middle Ages' in An Historical Atlas of County Durham p. 28-9
• Jackson-Stops, G. (ed), 1985, The Treasure Houses of Great Britain p. 60-2, 81, 297, 346
• King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 136
• Pevsner, N., 1983 (Revised by Williamson, Elizabeth), Buildings of England: Durham (London, Penguin) p. 357-62
• Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p. 258
• Hugill, Robert, 1979, The Castles and Towers of the County of Durham (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p. 68-75
• Tipping, H.A., 1928, English Homes, period 4 Vol. 2 (London) p. 291-4
• Tipping, H.A., 1921, English Homes, period 1 Vol. 1 (London) p. 247-57
• 1919, Antiquities of Sunderland Vol. 18 p. 1-10
• Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (London: Methuen and Co)
• Leighton, 1910, in Memories of Old Durham (London) p. 207-8 (slight)
• Welford, R. (ed), 1905, Records of the Committees for Compounding, etc., with delinquent royalists in Durham and Northumberland, 1643-60 (Surtees Society 111) p. 262-4 online copy
• Milner, E. and Benham, E., 1904, Records of the Lumleys of Lumley Castle
• Mackenzie, J.D., 1896, Castles of England; their story and structure (New York: Macmillan) Vol. 2 p. 346-8 online copy
• Whellan, F., 1894 (2edn), History, Topography and Directory of the County of Durham p. 825
• Howitt, W., c1850 (new edn 1896), Visits to Remarkable Places p. 275-83
• Boyle, J.R., 1892, Comprehensive Guide to the County of Durham: its Castles, Churches, and Manor-Houses (London) p. 425-37
• Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol. 3 (London) p. 304-10 online copy
• Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol. 3 Part 2 p. 206-7, 420 online copy
• Parsons, W. and White, W., 1828, History and Directory of Durham and Northumberland Vol. 2 p. 151-2
• Surtees, R., 1816-40 (1972 Reprint), The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham (London) Vol. 2 p. 153-4 (King writes unimportant) online transcription
• Brayley, E. and Britton, J., 1803, Beauties of England and Wales; Durham Vol. 5 p. 189-91
• Hutchinson, Wm, 1788, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham Vol. 2 p. 505-17 online copy
• Buck, Samuel and Nathaniel, 1774, Buck's Antiquities (London) Vol. 1 p. 86

Antiquarian

• Camden, Wm, 1607, Britannia hypertext critical edition by Dana F. Sutton (2004)
• Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England  (Sutton Publishing) p. 152, 156
• Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1907, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (London: Bell and Sons) Vol. 1 p. 74 online copy

Journals

• 2012-13, 'Castle Studies Group Conference 2012 report' Castle Studies Group Journal Vol. 26 p. 119-133
• Hislop, M. 1996, 'Lumley Castle, its Antecedents and its Architect' Archaeologia Aeliana (ser5) Vol. 24 p. 83-98
• Selkirk, R., 1987 Feb, Popular Archaeology p. 31
• Webb, G.F., 1955, 'Lumley Castle' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 111 p. 212-3
• Tipping, H.A., 1910, Country Life Vol. 27 p. 896-905 (Reprinted in English Homes)
• Hunter-Blair, C., 1910, 'The Armorials of Northumberland' Archaeologia Aeliana (ser3) Vol. 6 p. 120, 179-81 online copy
• 1905-6, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne (ser3) Vol. 2 p. 134-5
• Dodd, J., 1866, 'Lumley Castle' Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol. 22 p. 45-6 (slight) online copy

Primary Sources

• 1872 The Thirty-third Annual Report of Deputy Keeper of the Public Record
• Rickard, John, 2002, The Castle Community. The Personnel of English and Welsh Castles, 1272-1422 (Boydell Press) (lists sources for 1272-1422) p. 188

External Links

• Abaroth's World
• Wikipedia entry
• Charles Taylor's ecastles
• Lumley Castle Hotel owners site