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Alnwick Castle () is a
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and
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in
Alnwick Alnwick ( ) is a market town in Northumberland, England, of which it is the traditional county town. The population at the 2011 Census was 8,116. The town is on the south bank of the River Aln, south of Berwick-upon-Tweed and the Scottish bor ...
in the English county of
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 ...
. It is the seat of the 12th Duke of Northumberland, built following the
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and renovated and remodelled a number of times. It is a Grade I
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now the home of Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland and his family. In 2016, the castle received over 600,000 visitors per year when combined with adjacent attraction the Alnwick Garden.


History

Alnwick Castle guards a road crossing the River Aln.
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, Baron of Alnwick, erected the first parts of the castle in about 1096.
Beatrix de Vesci Beatrix de Vesci of Alnwick Castle, was an eleventh-century medieval noble lady of house de Vesci. Life Daughter and sole heir of Ivo de Vesci, Builder and first Baron and his wife, Alda, Beatrix de Vesci was one of the richest heiresses of her t ...
, the daughter of Yves de Vescy, married the Constable of
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, Eustace fitz John. By his marriage to Beatrix de Vesci he gained the baronies of Malton and
Alnwick Alnwick ( ) is a market town in Northumberland, England, of which it is the traditional county town. The population at the 2011 Census was 8,116. The town is on the south bank of the River Aln, south of Berwick-upon-Tweed and the Scottish bor ...
. The castle was first mentioned in 1136 when it was captured by King
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. At this point it was described as "very strong". It was besieged in 1172 and again in 1174 by William the Lion, King of Scotland and William was captured outside the walls during the Battle of Alnwick. Eustace de Vesci, lord of Alnwick, was accused of plotting with Robert Fitzwalter against King
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in 1212. In response, John ordered the demolition of Alnwick Castle and the demolition of Fitzwalter's stronghold, Baynard's Castle, though his instructions were not carried out at Alnwick. The castle had been founded in the late 11th century by
Ivo de Vesci Ivo de Vesci, sometimes spelt Vescy and first name sometimes Yves, was a prominent 11th-century English noble. He obtained lands and the lordship of Alnwick in Northumberland from King William II of England. He was also given lands in Malton, ...
, a Norman nobleman from Vassy, Calvados in Normandy. A descendant of Ivo de Vesci, John de Vesci, succeeded to his father's titles and estates upon his father's death in
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in 1253. These included the barony of Alnwick and a large property in
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and considerable estates in Yorkshire, including Malton. As John was underage, King
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conferred the wardship of his estates to a foreign kinsman, which caused great offence to the de Vesci family. The family's property and estates had been put into the guardianship of Antony Bek, who sold them to the Percys. From this time the fortunes of the Percys, though they still held their Yorkshire lands and titles, were linked permanently with Alnwick and its castle and have been owned by the Percy family, the
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and later dukes of Northumberland since. The stone castle Henry Percy bought was a modest affair, but he immediately began rebuilding. Though he did not live to see its completion, the construction programme turned Alnwick into a major fortress along the Anglo-Scottish border. His son, also called Henry (1299–1352), continued the building. The Abbot's Tower, the Middle Gateway and the Constable's Tower survive from this period. The work at Alnwick Castle balanced military requirements with the family's residential needs. It set the template for castle renovations in the 14th century in northern England; several palace-fortresses, considered "extensive, opulent ndtheatrical" date from this period in the region, such as the castles of
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and Raby. In 1345 the Percys acquired Warkworth Castle, also in Northumberland. Though Alnwick was considered more prestigious, Warkworth became the family's preferred residence. The Percy family were powerful lords in northern England.
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(1341–1408), rebelled against King
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and helped dethrone him. The earl and his son Harry Hotspur later rebelled against King Henry IV and after defeating Hotspur in the
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, the king pursued the earl. The castle surrendered under the threat of bombardment in 1403. During the
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, castles were infrequently attacked and conflict was generally based around combat in the field. Alnwick was one of three castles held by Lancastrian forces in 1461 and 1462, and it was there that the "only practical defence of a private castle" was made according to military historian
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. It was held against King
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until its surrender in mid-September 1461 after the
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. Re-captured by Sir William Tailboys, during the winter it was surrendered by him to Hastings, Sir John Howard and Sir Ralph Grey of Heton in late July 1462. Grey was appointed captain but surrendered after a sharp siege in the early autumn. King Edward responded with vigour and when the
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arrived in November Queen Margaret and her French advisor,
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, were forced to sail to Scotland for help. They organised a mainly Scots relief force which, under George Douglas, 4th Earl of Angus and de Brézé, set out on 22 November. Warwick's army, commanded by the experienced Earl of Kent and the recently pardoned Lord Scales, prevented news getting through to the starving garrisons. As a result, the nearby
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and Dunstanburgh castles soon agreed terms and surrendered but Hungerford and Whittingham held Alnwick until Warwick was forced to withdraw when de Brézé and Angus arrived on 5 January 1463. The Lancastrians missed a chance to bring Warwick to battle instead being content to retire, leaving behind only a token force which surrendered the next day. By May 1463 Alnwick was in Lancastrian hands for the third time since Towton, betrayed by Grey of Heton who tricked the commander, Sir John Astley. Astley was imprisoned and Hungerford resumed command. After Montagu's triumphs at Hedgeley Moor and
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in 1464 Warwick arrived before Alnwick on 23 June and received its surrender next day. By the following decade, the 4th Earl of Northumberland had pledged fealty to Edward IV and the castle was returned to the Percys. After the execution of Thomas Percy, 7th Earl of Northumberland, in 1572 Alnwick Castle was increasingly uninhabited. The 9th Earl of Northumberland placed his distant cousin, another Thomas, in charge as
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in 1594, but just over a decade later Thomas was killed fleeing the Gunpowder Plot and the earl was imprisoned in the
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, beginning over a century without a significant Percy presence at Alnwick. In 1650,
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would use the castle to house prisoners following the Battle of Dunbar. In the second half of the 18th century Robert Adam carried out many alterations, as did James Paine, Daniel Garrett and
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, all under the orders of the returning Percy family. Elizabeth Seymour and
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were elevated to 1st Duke and Duchess of Northumberland in 1766 by
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, whose restorations at
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were partly inspired by the couple's work at Alnwick. The interiors were largely in a
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style not at all typical of Adam's work, which was usually neoclassical, as seen at the Northumberlands' London home,
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. However, in the 19th century Algernon, 4th Duke of Northumberland replaced much of Adam's architecture. Instead, he paid Anthony Salvin £250,000 between 1854 and 1865 to remove the Gothic additions and other architectural work. Salvin is mostly responsible for the kitchen, the Prudhoe Tower, the palatial accommodation and the layout of the inner ward. Some of Adam's work survives, but little or none of it remains in the principal rooms shown to the public, which were redecorated in an opulent
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style in the
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by Luigi Canina.


Current use

The current duke and his family live in the castle, but occupy only a part of it. The castle is open to the public throughout the summer. After
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, it is the second largest inhabited castle in England. Alnwick is still the tenth-most-visited stately home in England according to the Historic Houses Association, with 195,504 visitors in 2006. This figure has increased significantly in the subsequent decade. During
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, the Newcastle Church High School for Girls was evacuated to Alnwick Castle. Since the war parts of the castle have continued being used by two other educational establishments: from 1945 to 1977, as Alnwick College of Education, a teacher training college; and, since 1981, by
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of
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as a branch campus forming part of their International Study Programme. Special exhibitions are housed in three of the castle's perimeter towers. The Postern Tower, as well as featuring an exhibition on the Dukes of Northumberland and their interest in
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, includes
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es from
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,
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s from Ancient Egypt and Romano-British objects. Constable's Tower houses military displays like the Percy Tenantry Volunteers exhibition, local volunteer soldiers raised to repel
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's planned
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in the period 1798–1814. The Abbot's Tower houses the Regimental Museum of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. An increase in public interest in the castle was generated by its use as a stand-in for the exterior and interior of
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'' films. Its appearance in the films has helped shape the public imagination regarding what castles should look like. Its condition contrasts with the vast majority of castles in the country, which are ruinous and unfit for habitation.


Construction

The River Aln flows past the north side of the Castle. There is a deep ravine to the south and east, separating the castle from the town. By the 12th century, Alnwick Castle had assumed the general layout which it retains today. It is distinguished as one of the earliest castles in England to be built without a square keep. The castle consists of two main rings of buildings. The inner ring is set around a small courtyard and contains the principal rooms. This structure is at the centre of a large bailey. As the central block was not large enough to contain all the accommodations required in later centuries, a large range of buildings was constructed along the south wall of the bailey. These two main areas of accommodation are connected by a link building. There are towers at regular intervals along the walls of the outer bailey. About a sixth of the bailey wall has been reduced almost to ground level on the bailey side to open up views into the park. Stable and service yards adjoin the castle outside the bailey; these would not have existed when the castle still had a military function. Alnwick Castle has two parks. Immediately to the north of the castle is a relatively small park straddling the River Aln which was landscaped by
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("Capability Brown") and Thomas Call in the 18th century; it is known locally as the Pastures. Nearby is the much larger
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, which contains the remains of Hulne Priory. The castle is in good repair and used for many purposes. It provides a home for the present Duke and family and offices for Northumberland Estates, which manages the Duke's extensive farming and property holdings. Alnwick's battlements are surmounted by carved figures. Some of these date from around 1300; historian Matthew Johnson notes that around this time there were several castles in northern England similarly decorated, such as
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, Lumley and Raby. However, many of the surviving figures are from the mid-18th century, commissioned by the 1st Duke and Duchess from
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sculptor James Johnson.


Alnwick Garden

Adjacent to the castle, Jane Percy, Duchess of Northumberland, has initiated the establishment of the Alnwick Garden, a formal garden set around a cascading fountain. It cost £42 million (press release of 7 August 2003). The garden belongs to a charitable trust which is separate from the Northumberland Estates, but the Duke of Northumberland donated the site and £9 million. The garden is designed by Jacques Wirtz and Peter Wirtz of Wirtz International based in Schoten,
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. The first phase of development opened in October 2001, involved the creation of the fountain and initial planting of the gardens. In 2004 a large 'treehouse' complex, including a café, was opened. It is deemed one of the largest treehouses in the world. In February 2005, a poison garden, growing plants such as
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and
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, was added. May 2006 saw the opening of a pavilion and visitor centre designed by Sir Michael Hopkins and
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which can hold up to 1,000 people.


Filming location

Alnwick Castle has been used as a setting in many films and television series. ; Films * 1954 ''
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'' * 1964 ''
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'' * 1971 ''
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'' * 1979 '' Unidentified Flying Oddball'' * 1982 ''
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'' * 1990 or 1991 ''
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'' * 1991 ''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' * 1998 ''Monk Dawson'' * 1998 ''Elizabeth (film), Elizabeth'' * 2001 ''Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (film), Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' * 2002 ''Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film), Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'' * 2011 ''Your Highness'' * 2017 ''Transformers: The Last Knight'' ; Television * 1977 ''Count Dracula (1977 film), Count Dracula'' * 1983 ''The Black Adder'' * 1984–1986 ''Robin of Sherwood'' * 1995 ''Antiques Roadshow'' * 1995 ''The Fast Show'' * 2005 ''The Virgin Queen (TV serial), The Virgin Queen'' * 2009 ''Dickinson's Real Deal'' * 2011 ''Red or Black?'' * 2012 ''Flog It!'' * 2012 ''The Hollow Crown (TV series), The Hollow Crown'' * 2014/2015 ''Downton Abbey


See also

* Castles in Great Britain and Ireland * List of castles in England


Notes


References

* * * *Cockayne's Complete Peerage, (Vescy), Vol. XIIB, pp. 272–274 * * * * * * * * *


Further reading

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External links


Alnwick Castle

Alnwick Garden

The Northumberland Fusiliers Museum
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