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Belsay
Belsay is a village and civil parish in Northumberland, England. The village is about 5 miles from Ponteland on the A696, which links the village with Newcastle upon Tyne and Jedburgh. The population of the civil parish was 436 at the 2001 census, increasing to 518 at the 2011 Census. Scottish nobleman and doctor John de Strivelyn was granted the manor around 1340 by Edward III. On his death, the estate passed to his daughter Christiana, who was married to Sir John Middleton, and it has remained with the Middleton family ever since. Belsay parish includes the former parishes of Bitchfield, Black Heddon, Bolam, Bolam Vicarage, Bradford, Gallowhill, Harnham, Newham, Shortflatt, Trewick, and Wallridge. Belsay is home to Belsay Castle, a fine medieval castle, and to Belsay Hall. Landmarks Belsay Castle is a 14th-century medieval castle situated at Belsay. It is a Scheduled Ancient Monument and a Grade I listed building. The main structure, a three-storey rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belsay Hall
Belsay Hall is a Regency style country house located at Belsay, Northumberland. It is regarded as the first British country house to be built entirely in the new Greek revival style. It is a Grade I listed building. It was built to supersede Belsay Castle and its adjoining earlier hall just a few hundred yards away, and is part of the same estate. History The house was built between 1810 and 1817 for Sir Charles Monck (then of Belsay Castle close by) to his own design, possibly assisted by architect John Dobson. It is built in ashlar with a Lakeland slate roof in the Greek Doric style. The house measures square, with a lower kitchen wing attached to the north side. Externally the house appears to have two stories, although there is an additional storey hidden within the roof space to provide servant accommodation. This service side of the house was badly affected by dry rot in the 1970s and, following remedial work, it has been left as a weather-proof shell to illustra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belsay Castle
Belsay Castle is a 14th-century medieval castle situated at Belsay, Northumberland, England. It is a Scheduled Monument and a Grade I listed building. The main structure, a substantial three-storey rectangular pele tower with rounded turrets and battlements, was constructed about 1370, and was the home of the Middleton family. In 1614 Thomas Middleton built a new manor house attached to the tower. A west wing was added in 1711 but was largely demolished in 1872 by Sir Arthur Middleton when the remainder of the house was considerably altered. The castle was abandoned as a residence by the family in the early 19th century when Sir Charles Monck built Belsay Hall close by. The interiors were largely removed and it was then used as a ready-made folly, as was fashionable among the aristocracy at the time, serving as the setting for garden parties and other entertainments. The castle is administered by English Heritage and is open to the public. See also *Castles in Great ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Monck, 6th Baronet
Sir Charles Miles Lambert Monck, 6th Baronet (7 April 1779 – 20 July 1867) succeeded to the Baronetcy of Belsay Castle on the death of his father in 1795. Born with the surname Middleton, he adopted the surname of his maternal grandfather Laurence Monck of Caenby Hall, Caenby, Lincolnshire who died in 1798, to inherit his estate. He was educated at Rugby School and by private tutors at Caenby. He served as High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1801 and was Member of Parliament for Northumberland 1812–1820. Monck was an avid Hellenist and in 1817, with the assistance of architect John Dobson, he completed the building of an impressive new mansion house in Greek Revival style, Belsay Hall, adjacent to Belsay Castle in Northumberland. He married twice; firstly in 1804 to Louisa Lucia Cook and secondly in 1831 to Mary Elizabeth Bennett. He outlived his son, Charles Atticus Monck (1805–1856), who was born in Athens, and was succeeded by his grandson Arthur. Belsay Castle is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolam, Northumberland
Bolam is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Belsay in the county of Northumberland, England. The village is about north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne, near Bolam West Houses. In 1951 the civil parish had a population of 60. On 1 April 1955 it was merged into Belsay. History The Church of England parish church of St Andrew has a late Saxon west tower and is a Grade I listed building. Shortflatt Tower, about south-west of the village, is a late 15th or early 16th century pele tower, with a 17th-century house attached, and is also Grade I listed. Bolam is the burial place of Robert de Reymes, a wealthy Suffolk merchant, who in 1296 began the building of Aydon Castle, near Corbridge Corbridge is a village in Northumberland, England, west of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle and east of Hexham. Villages nearby include Halton, Northumberland, Halton, Acomb, Northumberland, Acomb, Aydon and Sandhoe. Etymology Corbridge was kno .... Landmarks Bolam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Heddon
Black Heddon is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Belsay, in the county of Northumberland, England. It is situated to the north-west of Newcastle upon Tyne, between Stamfordham and Belsay. In 1951 the parish had a population of 45. According to local legend, the village was once haunted by a ghost named Silky, who used to jump onto travellers' horses. In nearby Belsay is a tree overlooking a waterfall which is known as Silky's Chair. Governance Black Heddon is in the parliamentary constituency of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Black Heddon was formerly a township A township is a kind of human settlement or administrative subdivision, with its meaning varying in different countries. Although the term is occasionally associated with an urban area, that tends to be an exception to the rule. In Australia, C ... in Stamfordham parish, from 1866 Black Heddon was a civil parish in its own right until it was abolished on 1 April 1955 and merged with Belsey. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Arthur Middleton, 7th Baronet
Sir Arthur Edward Middleton, M.P., 7th Baronet (12 January 1838 – 1 April 1933) was a British MP for the City of Durham. He was born Arthur Edward Monck. His father was Charles Atticus Monck (1805–1856), son of Sir Charles Monck, 6th Baronet of Belsay Castle, Northumberland. His mother was Laura, daughter of Sir Matthew White Ridley (1778–1836) 3rd Baronet of Blagdon Hall, Northumberland. He attended Rugby School and matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1856. He received his B.A. in 1860 and was admitted to the Inner Temple on 5 April of the same year."Monck, Arthur Edward (MNK856AE)"'. ''A Cambridge Alumni Database''. University of Cambridge. He succeeded to the Baronetcy of Belsay Castle on the death of his grandfather on 20 July 1867. He rebuilt the 1614 manor house and restored the pele tower with the help of architect Charles John Ferguson. His grandfather had changed his name from Middleton to Monck in 1799, and on 12 February 1876 the 7th Baronet and his b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bitchfield Tower
Bitchfield Tower or West Bitchfield Tower is a 15th-century medieval pele tower near Belsay, Northumberland, England. It is a Grade I listed building. Keys to the Past The three storied ed tower was built in the 15th century by the Middleton family who sold it to the Harbottles in 1502.''A History of Northumberland, Volume XII'' Miss MH Dodds (1926) pp346 and 349 Marjorie Harbottle the heiress to the Harbottle estate, married Sir John Fenwick of Fenwick Tower and in 1529 they conveyed the property to their second son Roger Fenwick. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aruna Ratanagiri
Aruna Ratanagiri Buddhist Monastery (Harnham Buddhist Monastery) is a Theravada Buddhist monastery of the Thai Forest Tradition in Northumberland, England. The community consists of monks, novices and postulants from a wide range of nationalities, usually numbering around eight Sangha members. The monastery includes an adjacent lay retreat facility known as ''Kusala House''. History The monastery was founded in response to increasing interest, particularly in northeast England, in the Thai Forest Tradition, as it was being established by Ajahn Sumedho and other disciples of Ajahn Chah in England in the late 1970s. When, in 1980, a group of local yoga students tried to find a suitable cottage which they could offer as a retreat facility to the Sangha, farmer John Wake of Harnham Hall, Harnham, near Belsay responded, and they agreed to rent one of his farm cottages. In 1981 Ajahn Sucitto (the abbot of Cittaviveka/ Chithurst Buddhist Monastery 1992–2014) became the first bhikkhu t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John De Strivelyn
John de Strivelyn ( fl. 1327 – 15 August 1378), also called John Stirling or Johannes de Strivelyn, was a medieval Scottish knight in English service. Military career Stirling was first mentioned in the aftermath of the Battle of Halidon Hill in 1333. In March 1335 Stirling was appointed commander of a joint Anglo-Scottish force besieging Loch Leven Castle. He was absent around the 10 June, celebrating the feast day of St Margaret, when the defending Scots made a successful sortie. Nevertheless, the castle surrendered by the end of the summer. Afterwards, in September 1335, Stirling was ambushed near Linlithgow, captured and imprisoned in Dumbarton Castle. He was ransomed within a year, was made a banneret of England on Saint John's Eve at Perth and entered King's service. On 10 October 1335 Stirling signed an indenture contract with King Edward and received Edinburgh Castle and shrievalty of Lothian on 2 November. As the warden of the Castle, Stirling has repeatedly petiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A696 Road
The A696 is a major road in Northern England, that runs from Otterburn in Northumberland to Newcastle upon Tyne. Route The A696 begins at a junction with the A68 road (to Edinburgh and Corbridge). It heads in a south-easterly direction through the village of Otterburn, and then past Kirkwhelpington. It meets the B6342 road (to Rothbury) and then goes through the village of Belsay and the small town of Ponteland. The A696 becomes dual carriageway standard just before passing Newcastle Airport, with the junctions after the airport all being grade separated. The A696 terminates at a roundabout with the A1 road (to Gateshead) and the A167 road The A167 and A167(M) is a road in North East England. It is partially a trunk road and partially a motorway, where it is commonly referred to as Newcastle Central Motorway. Most of the road’s route was formerly that of the A1, until it was ... (into Newcastle city centre). External links * Roads in England Transport in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northumberland
Northumberland () is a county in Northern England, one of two counties in England which border with Scotland. Notable landmarks in the county include Alnwick Castle, Bamburgh Castle, Hadrian's Wall and Hexham Abbey. It is bordered by land on three sides; by the Scottish Borders region to the north, County Durham and Tyne and Wear to the south, and Cumbria to the west. The fourth side is the North Sea, with a stretch of coastline to the east. A predominantly rural county with a landscape of moorland and farmland, a large area is part of Northumberland National Park. The area has been the site of a number of historic battles with Scotland. Name The name of Northumberland is recorded as ''norð hẏmbra land'' in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, meaning "the land north of the Humber". The name of the kingdom of ''Northumbria'' derives from the Old English meaning "the people or province north of the Humber", as opposed to the people south of the Humber Estuary. History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Heritage
English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places. These include prehistoric sites, medieval castles, Roman forts and country houses. The charity states that it uses these properties to "bring the story of England to life for over 10 million people each year". Within its portfolio are Stonehenge, Dover Castle, Tintagel Castle and the best preserved parts of Hadrian's Wall. English Heritage also manages the London Blue Plaque scheme, which links influential historical figures to particular buildings. When originally formed in 1983, English Heritage was the operating name of an executive non-departmental public body of the British Government, officially titled the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England, that ran the national system of heritage protection and managed a range of historic properties. It was created to combine the roles of existing bodies that had emerged from a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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