Naworth Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Naward

In the civil parish of Brampton.
In the historic county of Cumberland (Modern Authority of Cumbria, 1974 county of Cumbria).

Castle, possibly originating in the late C13, consisting of a square keep and bailey with residential quarters added in C16. It is likely that C18 walled garden overlies the filled moat. First mentioned in 1323, licence to crenellate, 1335, granted to Ranulph de Dacre; additions c1520, for and by, Thomas Lord Dacre; further additions 1602, for Lord William Howard.

This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

A Royal licence to crenellate was granted in 1335 July 27.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NY55986259

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 12649

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 3865

• Web site links
  • http://www.naworth.co.uk/
    http://www.visitcumbria.com/car/naworth.htm
    http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_north/86/naworthcastle.htm
• Books
  • Perriam, Denis and Robinson, John, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria (CWAAS) p166-7
    Salter, Mike, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria (Malvern) p76-7
    Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p233, 263
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p45
    Cope, Jean, 1991, Castles in Cumbria (Cicerone Press) p101-3
    Jackson, M.J.,1990, Castles of Cumbria (Carel Press) p75-7 [plan]
    Furtado, Peter et al (eds), 1988, Ordnance Survey guide to castles in Britain (London) p172
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p89
    Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p263
    Hugill, Robert, 1977, Castles and Peles of Cumberland and Westmorland (Newcastle; Frank Graham) p141-6
    Pevsner, N., 1967, The Buildings of England: Cumberland and Westmorland (Harmondsworth, Penguin) p167-8
    Churchill, R., 1954, Fifteen Famous English Homes p39-47
    Toy, Sidney, 1953, The Castles of Great Britain (Heinemann) p206
    Hugill, R.,1939, Borderland Castles and Peles [1970 Reprint by Frank Graham] p165-70
    Curwen, J.F., 1913, Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland and Lancashire North of the Sands (Kendal) p188, 213-8, 503
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p323-7
    Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol3 (London) p316-26
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p411
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1853, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol2 p211
    Gibson, W.S., 1854, Northumbrian Castles, Churches and Antiquities pt3 p1-42
    Jefferson, S., 1838, History of Carlisle (Carlisle) p339-71
    Lysons, D. and S., 1816, Magna Britannia Vol4 Cumberland p. cciv-v [plan], 32-3 [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/source.asp?pubid=404]
    Buck, Samuel and Nathenial, 1774, Buck’s Antiquities (London) Vol1 p47
    Grose, F., 1756, Antiquities of England and Wales Vol1 p56-61
• Journal Articles
  • Worsley, G., 1987, ‘Naworth Castle, Cumberland – I' Country Life 181.7 p74-9, 88-91
    Donaldson-Hudson, 1956-8, History of the Berwickshire Naturalist Club Vol34 p221-31
    P.A.B., 1911 March 25, Country Life Vol29 p414-22
    Ferguson, 1878-9, Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society Vol4 p486-95
    1877, Publications of the Surtees Society Vol68 plxiv-lxxiii
    W.D., 1873, The Antiquary Vol3 p269-71
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • Calendar of Patent Rolls (1334-38) p168
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/cumbeng.html#cumb29]
    Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p97