West Newbiggin, Norham

Has been described as a Certain Pele Tower

There are no visible remains

NameWest Newbiggin, Norham
Alternative NamesNewbrigging; Newebygginge; Newbiging
Historic CountryNorthumberland
Modern AuthorityNorthumberland
1974 AuthorityNorthumberland
Civil ParishNorham

West Newbiggin, Originally called Newbiggin, was the seat of the manor. A survey of 1561 mentions a tower there, in good repair, with a "Barmkin about it" (Raine: Bates). West Newbiggin, now a farm, is entirely 19th C. Neither the house nor its outbuildings incorporates any visible remains of the tower, and there are no apparent traces of the barmkin (F1 ECW 09-MAY-67). (PastScape)

Not scheduled

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Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceNT897455
Latitude55.7036895751953
Longitude-2.1652500629425
Eastings389710
Northings645590
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Books

  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Newcastle upon Tyne: Keepdate Publishing) p. 30-1
  • Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 115 (slight)
  • Graham, Frank, 1993, Northumberian Castles Aln, Tweed and Till (Butler Publishing) p. 36
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 351
  • Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p. 246
  • Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p. 137-8
  • Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p. 52 (Also published as the whole of volume 14 (series 2) of Archaeologia Aeliana view online)
  • Raine, J., 1852, History and Antiquities of North Durham (London) p. 310, 312

Journals

  • Bates, C.J., 1891, 'Border Holds of Northumberland' Archaeologia Aeliana (ser2) Vol. 14 p. 52 online copy

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