Stockton Castle

In the civil parish of Stockton On Tees .
In the historic county of Durham; County Palatinate of (Modern Authority of Stockton on Tees, 1974 county of Cleveland).

Shopping centre and car park on site of irregular four sided enclosure with great ditches were remains of castle slighted 1652. Castle of the Bishop of Durham. PastScape record as ‘Site of C12 fortified manor house and moat, later castle, destroyed in 1652’

This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle
Palace
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ44631865

PastScape number; 26890

Books

Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles and Tower Houses of County Durham (Malvern) p57
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p116, 175
Jackson, M.J., 1996, Castles of Durham and Cleveland (Carlise) p56-8
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p51-4
Manby, T. (ed), 1988, Archaeology in Eastern Yorkshire p176-88
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p138
Hugill, Robert, 1979, The Castles and Towers of the County of Durham (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p93
Sowler, R., 1972, History of the Town and Borough of Stockton-on-Tees
Woodhouse, R., 1967, History of Stockton Castle
Page, Wm (ed), 1928, VCH Durham Vol3 p204, 353-54
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Gould, Chalkley, 1905, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Durham Vol1 p359
Boyle, J.R., 1892, Comprehensive Guide to the County of Durham: its Castles, Churches, and Manor-Houses (London) p625
Quail, 1888, in Wildridge, Northumbria (London) p60-9
Surtees, R., 1816-40 [1972 Reprint], History and Antiquities of Durham (London) Vol3 p170-2
Brewster, 1829, Parish History of Stockton (Stockton) p16-60 [rather diffuse history]
Brayley, E. and Britton, J., 1803, Beauties of England and Wales; Durham Vol5 p103-4
Hutchinson, Wm, 1785-94, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham Vol3 p146-7, 151-2

Journal Articles

Manby, T.G., (ed), 1988, Archaeology in eastern Yorkshire: essays in honour of T C M Brewster pp176-188
Raine, J. (the younger), 1876, 'Survey of the manor house of Stockton, commonly called Stockton castle, taken after the death of Bishop Pilkington' Archaeologia Aeliana Vol7 p120-5

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

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p156

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Stockton Castle

Shopping centre and car park on site of irregular four sided enclosure with great ditches were remains of castle slighted 1652. Castle of the Bishop of Durham. PastScape record as ‘Site of C12 fortified manor house and moat, later castle, destroyed in 1652’

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NZ44631865

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