4288 x 2848 px | 36,3 x 24,1 cm | 14,3 x 9,5 inches | 300dpi
Aufnahmedatum:
10. August 2009
Ort:
Castle Terrace, Warkworth, Morpeth
Weitere Informationen:
Warkworth Castle is a ruined medieval building in Warkworth in the English county of Northumberland. The village and castle occupy a loop of the River Coquet, less than a mile from England's north-east coast.Warkworth Castle is a medieval fortress in a loop of the River Coquet, built by the powerful Percy family, Earls (and later Dukes) of Northumberland. Though the castle we see today dates to the 14th century there has almost certainly been a fortification at Warkworth at least as early as the Iron Age. There was a high-status residence here by the 9th century when Osbert, King of Northumbria, gave the estate to the Earls of NorthumbriaWarkworth Castle played a major role as a border fortress in the Scottish Wars of Independence in the early 14th century, when Scottish raiders struck deep into English territory. The castle was besieged in 1327 and the Scots returned to burn the town in 1341. THE PERCY CONNECTION In 1328 Edward III granted Warkworth Castle to Henry de Percy of Alnwick, beginning a connection with the powerful Percy family that would last centuries. Henry's descendant, also named Henry Percy, moved the family's main residence from Alnwick Castle to Warkworth. He built the Great Keep to mark his elevation to the Earldom of Northumberland. He may have also built the gatehouse that controlled access to the town bridge. The next few centuries saw Warkworth taken and retaken, seized by the Crown and restored to the Percys time and time again.
