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Raby Castle
In the civil parish of Raby With Keverstone.
In the historic county of Durham; County Palatinate of (Modern Authority of Durham, 1974 county of County Durham).
John, 3rd Baron Nevill, obtained a Palatinate licence to crenellate in 1378, although this probably meant adding fortifications to an existing building. The castle evolved to become an extensive residence of towers and ranges of apartments built around a small courtyard. The largest tower is Clifford's Tower, 24.7m (81ft) tall, but the most interesting is the Kitchen Tower which still retains its original medieval form. The Nevill family were one of the most powerful and important in Northern England, but they lost all their lands after leading the failed 'Uprising of the North', in support of Mary Queen of Scots, in 1569. The building is now a much altered stately home. Castle said to date from circa 1130.
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Major remains.
A Durham licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1378 May.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 111447)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ12912177
PastScape number;
22054
County Sites and Monuments Record number; D1692
- Web site links
- Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles and Tower Houses of County Durham (Malvern) p48-53
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p123-36
Jackson, M.J., 1996, Castles of Durham and Cleveland (Carlise) p46-50 [plan]
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p31-2
Corfe, Tom (ed), 1992, 'The Visible Middle Ages' in An Historical Atlas of County Durhan p28-9
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p137
Pevsner, N., 1983 (Revised by Williamson, Elizabeth), The Buildings of England: Durham (London, Penguin) p382-9
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p282-3
Hugill, Robert, 1979, The Castles and Towers of the County of Durham (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p76-87
Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1975, The history of the King's Works, vol3: 1485-1660 (part 1) (London) p404
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Brown, R.A., 1954, English Medieval Castles (London) p96, 99
Tipping, H.A., 1921, English Homes, period 1 Vol1 (London) p258-74
Hamilton Thompson, A., 1912, Military Architecture in England during the Middle Ages (London) p310-11
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Gould, Chalkley, 1905, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Durham Vol1 p359
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 348-53
Howitt, W., c1850 (new edn 1896), Visits to Remarkable Places p309-13
Whellan, F., 1894 (2edn), History, Topography and Directory of the County of Durham p576-7
Boyle, J.R., 1892, Comprehensive Guide to the County of Durham: its Castles, Churches, and Manor-Houses (London) p709-21
Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol3 (London) p272-6
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1853, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol2 p208-9
Parsons, W. and White, W., 1828, History and Directory of Durham and Northumberland Vol2 p248-50
Brayley, E. and Britton, J., 1803, Beauties of England and Wales; Durham Vol5 p227-32
Hutchinson, Wm, 1785-94, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham Vol3 p263-73
Grose, Francis, 1787, The Antiquities of England and Wales (London) Vol2 p107-11
Buck, Samuel and Nathenial, 1774, Buck’s Antiquities (London) Vol1 p88
- Journal Articles
- Hislop, M., 1992, 'The Castle of Ralph Fourth Baron Neville at Raby' Archaeologia Aeliana [ser5] Vol20 p91-7
Rowan, A., 1972, 'Gothick restoration at Raby Castle' Architectural History Vol5 p23-50
Rowan, A., 1969 July 10 and 17, 1970 Jan 1, 8 and 22, 'Raby Castle, Co. Durham' Country Life
1936, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol36 p223-5
Tipping, H.A., 1915, Country Life Vol38 p760-8, 804-10
1908, Archaeological Journal Vol65 p322-3
1905-6, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle [ser3] Vol2 p363-79
Pritchett, J.P., 1903, 'On Recent Discoveries in the Chapel of Raby Castle' Archaeological Aeliana [ser2] Vol24 p65-8, 114
1898, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle Vol8 p157-61
Leyland, 1897, Country Life Vol2 p321-4
Hodgson, J.F., 1890-5, Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland Vol4 p49-122, 153-260 and plates
1888, The Monthly Chronicle; North Country Lore and Legend p514-5
Hodgson, J.F., 1887, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol43 p307-27
Pritchett, J.P., 1887, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol43 p217-23
Hodgson, J.F. 1886-6 Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle [ser2] Vol2 p286-96
Hodgson, J.F. 1880-9, Transactions of the Architectural and Archaeological Society of Durham and Northumberland Vol3 p113-82 and plates
1865, Archaeologia Aeliana Vol6 p214-5
1799, Gentlemans Magazine Vol69 pt1 p295-6
- Guidebooks
- Anon, n.d. [c1970], A Short Guide to Raby Castle (Barnard Castle: Teesdale Mercury)
Scott, O.S., 1936, Guide Book [revised Harrison, 1953]
Scott, O.S., 1908, Raby, Its Castle and Its Lords (Barnard Castle)
Wilhelmina, Duchess of Cleveland, 1870, Handbook for Raby Castle
- Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
- 1871, Report of Deputy Keeper of Public Records Vol32 p292
- Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
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