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Castles and Strongholds of Northumberland

Castles and Strongholds of Northumberland

A History and Gazetteer

by Brian Long
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/08/2024

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Much more than an excellent gazetteer, an engaging history using contemporary sources shows whose hands the defence of the Anglo-Scottish border was in while Henry VIII was at Agincourt.

Subsequent surveys show how Christopher Dacre forwarded a bold project that linked a string of towers forming a defence against marauding Scots, suggesting new towers to stop gaps, a 'dyke or defence' joining them like a latter-day Hadrian's Wall. Beyond this line were many peles or bastles, homes to the headsmen of the notorious reiving families cursed in 1525 by the Bishops of Durham and Glasgow because of their brutal way of life, giving rise to much romance and legend. Polite society occupied the large castles of the coastal area.

This history and gazetteer, with 500 entries, will increase your knowledge of Northumberland and its proud, turbulent past.

ISBN:
9780750994095
9780750994095
Category:
Castles & fortifications
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-08-2024
Language:
English
Publisher:
History Press Limited, The
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
256
Dimensions (mm):
234x156mm
Brian Long

Brian Long is a professional writer, with around forty books on motoring subjects to his credit. Coming from an engineering background he has been a lifelong fan of photography, and his interests gradually turned from being behind the camera to appreciating what made each model (or lens) special from a technical point of view.

His love of the Nikon brand has been forged out of respect, and he now has an impressive collection of these most famous of high-quality Japanese cameras and the legendary Nikkor lenses that are sold alongside them.

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