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Bewley Castle
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Buley
In the civil parish of Bolton.
In the historic county of Westmorland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).
Late C14 to early C15 ruined remains of a former residence of the bishops of Carlisle, possible on site of earlier house of Bishop Beaulieu. It was restored by Bishop Strickland in 1402. The remains consist of the lower part of one range with a tower at its south east angle and still standing to the lower part of the third storey. There are traces of adjoining buildings on the north and north west of the surviving range.
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House
Palace.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
This site is a
Grade 2* listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 422650)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY64802115
PastScape number;
13637
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 01639
Books
- Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p260-1
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p172
Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p20
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p191
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p266
Jackson, M.J.,1990, Castles of Cumbria (Carel Press) p33
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p490
Hugill, Robert, 1977, Castles and Peles of Cumberland and Westmorland (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p40-1
Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1967, Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland (Harmondsworth) p227
RCHME, 1936, An inventory of the historical monuments in Westmorland (HMSO) p43-44
Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal) p253-4
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p285
Taylor, M.W., 1892, The Old Manorial Halls of Westmorland and Cumberland p119-22
Journal Articles
- Carmichael, 1927, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol27 p184-8
Wilson and Bewley, 1903, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol3 p240-62
Ferguson, 1886, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol8 p413-5, 461
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
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