Wallington Hall

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Wallyngton

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

Cellars of castle or tower recorded in 1415, and as in good repair in 1541, incorperated in later Grade 1 listed house dating from 1688.

This site has been described as a;
Tower House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry footings remains.

listed building

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The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ02888419

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 21146

Web site links

http://www.touruk.co.uk/houses/housenorthu_walli.htm
http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N10494

Books

Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p238-9
Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p102
Jackson, M.J.,1992, Castles of Northumbria (Carlise)
Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p11, 50
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p342
Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p333-4
Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p165-6
Pevsner, N., 1957. The Buildings of England (Northumberland)
Hugill, R.,1939, Borderland Castles and Peles [1970 Reprint by Frank Graham] p210-6
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p16, 28, 46
Hodgson, J.C., 1827, History of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) pt2 Vol1 p265

Journal Articles

Cornforth, John, Country Life Vol1157 p854-8, 922-6, 986-9.

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

1541 Survey of the East and Middle Marches [Click here]
1415 list of Northumberland Castles [Click here]

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p344
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol5 p65

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