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Alnwick Castle (/ ˈ æ n ɪ k / ⓘ) is a castle and country house in Alnwick in the English county of Northumberland. It is the seat of the 12th Duke of Northumberland , built following the Norman conquest and renovated and remodelled a number of times.
The name Alnwick comes from the Old English wic ('dairy farm, settlement') and the name of the river Aln. [3]Alnwick Castle in winter (December 2013). The history of Alnwick is the history of the castle and its lords, starting with Gilbert Tyson (written variously as "Tison", "Tisson", and "De Tesson"), one of William the Conqueror's standard-bearers, upon whom this northern estate was bestowed.
He was arrested and the king attempted to install his own men at the castles of Alnwick, Langley Castle, Prudhoe, and Warkworth. [23] The earl's 14-year-old son claimed that he was loyal to the king but was not empowered to formally surrender the castle, and it remained under control of the Percys. [22] Henry was pardoned in 1404. [23]
Only Stirling Castle now remained to be subdued, and was battered by catapults during the spring of 1304, while King Edward's militant queen, Marguerite of France, watched from a specially built wooden shelter. The siege culminated in the commissioning of Warwolf, a giant trebuchet which flattened the curtain walls. The defenders had tried to ...
Dunstanburgh Castle (built c. 1320) was garrisoned by the Lancastrians in 1462. From the Norman Conquest until the union of England and Scotland under James I and VI, Northumberland was the scene of perpetual inroads and devastations by the Scots. Norham, Alnwick and Wark were captured by David I of Scotland in the wars of Stephen's reign. [16]
The hotel is made up of a collection of buildings (some renovated and some new), including the Main House, the Farm Cottage, the Farmhouse, the Pole Barn and the Lookout, set around beautiful gardens.
When Algernon Percy, 4th Duke of Northumberland, was restoring Alnwick Castle between 1854 and 1865 he agreed to finance the restoration of St Michael's. The restoration started in 1863 and was overseen by Anthony Salvin who was also directing the work on the castle. Salvin swept away many of the mistakes of the two previous restorations ...
The Alnwick Garden is a complex of formal gardens adjacent to Alnwick Castle in the town of Alnwick, Northumberland, England. The gardens have a long history under the dukes of Northumberland , but fell into disrepair until revived at the turn of the 21st century.