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Description: | Bywell Castle was built in the early 15th century for Ralph Neville, the second earl of Westmoreland. The castle takes the form of a rectangular embattled tower, which is actually the gatehouse. The gatehouse was intended to be part of a larger set of buildings but it was never completed - King Henry III demanded an end to the building of the castle. The village of Bywell, according to the National Gazetteer of England and Wales (1868), "is pleasantly situated in a wooded district, on the banks of the river Tyne", 13 miles west of Newcastle. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Grimm, Samuel Hieronymus | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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