Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Prudhoe Castle

Prudhoe Castle, township (ry. sta. Prudhoe), Ovingham par., Northumberland, adjacent to Prudhoe, 796 ac. (32 water), pop. 844; the ruin of Prudhoe Castle, besieged (1174) by William the Lion, King of Scotland, is the property of the Duke of Northumberland, who has the title of Baron Prudhoe.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Ovingham AP/CP       Prudhoe Castle CP/Tn       Northumberland AncC
Place: Prudhoe

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