Greystead; The Bower

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; The Bowre, "A peel on Chirdon Burn'

In the civil parish of Greystead.
In the historic county of Northumberland (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).

In a survey of about 1715 the Bower is referred to together with an 'ancient pile'. The Bower is recorded as early as 1524 when it belonged to Hector Charlton, but the buildings there today are much more recent. There are no traces of a medieval tower in or around the present buildings.

This site has been described as a;
Bastle
Pele Tower.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY75678325

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 15851

Web site links

http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N7047

Books

Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p308
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p346
Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p82
Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p73
Dodds, Madeleine Hope (ed), 1940, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol15 p278n9
Tomlinson, W.W., 1902. Comprehensive Guide to Northumberland (London) p220
Sanderson, R.P. (ed), 1891. Border Survey of 1604, 58 and 61
Hodgson, J.C., 1835, History of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) pt3 Vol3 plate at end

Journal Articles

Hodgson, J.C., 1916, 'List of Ruined Towers, Chapels, etc., in Northumberland; compiled about 1715 by John Warburton, Somerset Herald, aided by John Horsley' Archaeologia Aeliana [ser3] Vol13 p14

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