Bedale Castle

In the civil parish of Bedale.
In the historic county of Yorkshire North Riding (Modern Authority of North Yorkshire, 1974 county of North Yorkshire).

King writes 'persistantly credited with castle on no evidence at all' .Salter writes castle of about 1300, foundations were visible in mid C19. Jackson say was more a hunting lodge thought to be founded by Brian fitz Alan prior to his death in 1305 and to have been abandoned before 1340. In 1859 a visitor noted that 'Extensive foundations lie beneath the surface of the gardens of Bedale Hall where the castle is said to have stood.' Site now covered by road.

This site has been described as a;
Uncertain.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SE26528842

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 52188

Books

Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Yorkshire (Malvern) p20
Jackson, M.J., 2001, Castles of North Yorkshire (Carlise) p1-2
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p533 [reject]
Page, Wm (ed), 1914, VCH York, North Riding Vol1 p105, 292-4, 298
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Speight, H., 1897, Romantic Richmondshire p151
Clark, G.T., 1884, Medieval Military Architecture in England (Wyman and Sons) Vol1 p88
Whellan T, 1859, History and Topography of the City of York and the North Riding of Yorkshire Vol2 p102
Allen, T., 1831, History of Yorkshire Vol3 p496

Journal Articles

I'Anson, W.M., 1913, 'The castles of the North Riding' Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Vol22 p360 [note - a rejection of a castle here]]

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