Heysham Tower

Has been described as a Possible Pele Tower

There are no visible remains

NameHeysham Tower
Alternative Names
Historic CountryLancashire
Modern AuthorityLancashire
1974 AuthorityLancashire
Civil ParishHeysham

Supposed site of possible 'border peel' in Upper Heysham reported by E Baines in his History of Lancashire. (Gibson)

Gatehouse Comments

Not recorded in the archaeological databases. Site built over. The manor of Upper Heysham was held by serjeantry service of a none military form ("the tenant being bound to sound his horn against the coming of the lord of Lancaster into the county, to meet him at the boundary with horn and staff, accompany him and conduct him back again" (VCH)) but a pele tower in this are for this lower level of the gentry would not be unlikely.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSD414608
Latitude54.0398597717285
Longitude-2.89631009101868
Eastings341400
Northings460800
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Books

  • Gibson, Leslie Irving, 1977, Lancashire Castles and Towers (Dalesman Books)
  • Farrer, William and Brownbill, J. (eds), 1911, VCH Lancashire Vol. 8 p. 109-18 (tenurial history only) online transcription
  • Baines, E., 1836, History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster (London: Fisher, Son, and Jackson) Vol. 4 p. 560