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Corbridge Vicars Pele
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Corbridge Vicarage
In the civil parish of Corbridge.
In the historic county of Northumberland (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).
Three storey pele tower built in the churchyard in 1318, re-roofed in 1910. The sandstone-built tower has a vaulted ground floor and two upper storeys. The fabric incorporates Roman masonry, Saxo-Norman and medieval cross slabs. In use as a vicarage until the early C17.
This site has been described as a;
Pele Tower.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Major remains.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 239934)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY98846441
PastScape number;
18476
County Sites and Monuments Record number; N8991
- Web site links
- Books
- Harrison, Peter, 2004, Castles of God (Woodbridge; Boydell Press) p70-3 [plan]
Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p439-40
Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p38
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p72-3
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p180-1
Graham, F. 1992. Hexham and Corbridge: A Short History (Corbridge), 445
Pevsner, N., 1992 (revised by Grundy, John et al), The Buildings of England: Northumberland (London, Penguin) p237
Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p86-7
Cramp, R. 1984. Corpus of Anglo-Saxon Stone Sculpture in England (Oxford), 239-40
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p331
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p213-4
Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p117-8
Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p87
Toy, Sidney, 1953, The Castles of Great Britain (Heinemann) p191-2
Hugill, R.,1939, Borderland Castles and Peles [1970 Reprint by Frank Graham] p79-81
Craster, H.H.E. (ed), 1914, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol10 p209-15 [plans and elevations]
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p376
Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p18
- Journal Articles
- Milner, L. 1976. ‘Corbridge, the Vicar’s Tower’ Archaeological Journal Vol133 p197
Knowles, W.H. 1989. Archaeologia Aeliana [ser2] Vol19 p173-8
- Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
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