Eslington Tower

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Esselyngton; Eslyngton

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

The first historic record of the tower at Eslington comes from 1334/5, when a licence to crenellate granted to Robert de Eslington, and it was reported as being suitable for a garrison of 20 men in 1514. In 1587 the tower was stormed by raiding Scots after the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. Nothing remains of this tower which was last mentioned in 1594. The mansion house which now stands here was built in C18.

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NU042122

Sources of information, references and further reading

Web site links

http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N3206

Books

Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p159-60
Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p51
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge)
Jackson, M.J.,1992, Castles of Northumbria (Carlise) p62-3
Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p33
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p348
Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p152
Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p100
Dodds, Madeleine Hope (ed), 1935, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol14 p515-18
Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p9, 17, 24, 43
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p410
Hodgson, J. and Laird, F., 1813, Beauties of England and Wales; Northumberland Vol12 p213

Journal Articles

1910, Archaeologia Aeliana Vol6 p1-33

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]
1509 Survey of Tevedale [Click here]
1415 list of Northumberland Castles [Click here]
Calendar of Patent Rolls (1334-38) p78

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