Old Cumbria Gazetteer

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	placename:-	Bew Castle
	other name:-	Bewcastle Castle
	locality:-	Bewcastle
	parish	Bewcastle parish, once in Cumberland
	county:-	Cumbria
		castle
	coordinates:-	NY56567468
	10Km square:-	NY57
	1Km square	NY5674
		Bew Castle -- Bewcastle -- Bewcastle -- Cumbria / -- From the churchyard. -- 15.9.2006
		Bew Castle -- Bewcastle -- Bewcastle -- Cumbria / -- 15.9.2006
	old text:-	Camden 1789
		Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
		Page 176:-
		...
		... The Leven and other river before-mentioned, rising in the very border of two kingdoms, passes by nothing remarkable except Beucastle, as it is commonly called, a royal castle in a waste tract with a garrison. In the public records it is written Bueth-castle, whence its name should seem to be derived from that Bueth, who about the time of Henry I. was a sort of absolute lord in these parts. Certain it is that in the reign of Edward III. it was the property of John baron de Strivelin, who married the daughter and coheiress of Adam de Swinborn.
	placename:-	Beucastle
	other name:-	Bueth Castle
	person:-	: Bueth
	person:-	: Striveln, John de
	date:-	1789
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old text:-	Camden 1789 (Gough Additions)
		Britannia, or A Chorographical Description of the Flourishing Kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland, by William Camden, 1586, translated from the 1607 Latin edition by Richard Gough, published London, 1789.
		Page 200:-
		...
		"Bowecastle longing to the king, 10 mile east from Carluel on Kirkebek. Near about it be found Briton brikes with entayled work and portraitures in the old foundations."
		...
		The place has its name from Bueth its owner at the Conquest. The castle was demolished 1641.
	other name:-	Bowecastle
	person:-	: Bueth
	date:-	1789
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old text:-	Clarke 1787
		Guide book, A Survey of the Lakes of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire, by James Clarke, Penrith, Cumberland, and in London etc, 1787 and 1789; and Plans of the Lakes ... 1793.
		Page 105:-
		...
		I do not find any ancient authors mention a castle here [Castlerigg], Speed, who speaks of twenty-five in Cumberland, hath found out every one I ever heard or knew of, except Kirkoswald; how that has escaped him I cannot tell. I shall here put down their names, and, as well as I can, their most ancient owners, and supposed founders.
		1. BEWCASTLE. Built by the Romans, and after the Conquest repaired by one Bueth, who gave it his own name, viz, Bueth-castle; he was killed by Robert the
		Page 106:-
		Vallibus, who afterwards, to purchase absolution from the Pope, built Lanercost Priory, and endowed it.
		...
	placename:-	Bewcastle
	person:-	: Bueth
	person:-	: Vallibus, Robert de
	date:-	1787
	period:-	18th century, late; 1780s
	old map:-	Bowen and Kitchin 1760
		New Map of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmoreland, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, Emanuel Bowen and Thomas Kitchin, published by T Bowles, John Bowles and Son, Robert Sayer, and John Tinney, 1760; published 1760-87.
		Beu Castle als Bueth Castle / R
		circle, building and tower, rectory
	placename:-	Beu Castle
	other name:-	Bueth Castle
	date:-	1760
	period:-	18th century, late; 1760s
	old map:-	Morden 1695 (Cmd)
		Maps, Westmorland, scale about 2.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland, scale about 3 miles to 1 inch, by Robert Morden, 1695.
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		Bew Castle
		Circle, building with two towers.
	placename:-	Bew Castle
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1695
	period:-	17th century, late; 1690s
	old map:-	Sanson 1679
		Map, Ancien Royaume de Northumberland aujourdhuy Provinces de Nort, ie the Ancient Kingdom of Northumberland or the Northern Provinces, scale about miles to 1 inch, by Nicholas Sanson, Paris, France, 1679.
		Bew
		circle, two towers, flag; castle
	placename:-	Bew
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1679
	period:-	17th century, late; 1670s
	old map:-	Jansson 1646
		Map, Cumbria et Westmoria, or Cumberland and Westmorland, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, by John Jansson, Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1646; published 1646-1724.
		Bew Cast
		Buildings and tower with flag.
	placename:-	Bew Castle
	county:-	Cumberland
	date:-	1646
	period:-	17th century, early; 1640s
	table of distances:-	Simons 1635
		Table of distances and map of Westmorland, engraved by Jacob van Langeren, published by Mathew Simons, London, 1635-36.
		Bewe Castle N.E.
		and tabulated distances; B on thumbnail map
	placename:-	Bewe Castle
	date:-	1635
	period:-	17th century, early; 1630s
	old map:-	Speed 1611 (Cum/EW)
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		Ca Bew
		dot, circle, and tower
	placename:-	Castle Bew
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old map:-	Speed 1611 (Cmd)
		Maps, The Countie Westmorland and Kendale the Cheif Towne, scale about 3.5 miles to 1 inch, and Cumberland and the Ancient Citie Carlile, scale about 4 miles to 1 inch, by John Speed, London, 1611; published 1611-1770.
		Bew cast.
		circle, buildings, tower
	placename:-	Bew Castle
	date:-	1611
	period:-	17th century, early; 1610s
	old map:-	Saxton 1579
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		Building with two towers, symbol for a castle.
		Bewcast:
	placename:-	Bewcastle
	county:-	Cumberlandia
		castle
	date:-	1576
	period:-	16th century, late; 1570s
	old print:-	Pennant 1773 (edn 1801)
		Book, A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas Pennant, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801.
		Print, engraving, Beu Castle, Bewcastle, Cumberland, drawn by Moses Griffith, engraved by Comte, published by Edward Harding, 98 Pall Mall, London, 1801.
		Tipped in opposite p.180 of A Tour from Downing to Alston Moor, 1773, by Thomas Pennant.
		printed at bottom left, right, centre:-
		Moses Griffith. Del / Comte Sc / BEU CASTLE / Pub June 1 1801 by Edw Harding 98 Pall Mall.
	placename:-	Beu Castle
	date:-	1801
	period:-	18th century, late
	old painting:-
		Painting, watercolour, Bew Castle, Bewcastle, Cumberland, by William James Blacklock, 1840-58.
		A solitary figure on the right of the composition approaches a ruined castle standing in midst of heathery moorland with distant blue hills beyond.
		signed at bottom left:-
		W J Blacklock
		inscribed at top centre:-
		Bew Castle Cumberland
	placename:-	Bew Castle
	date:-	1840=1858
	period:-	19th century, late
	old painting:-
		Painting, oil painting, Buit's Castle, Bewcastle, Cumberland, by William James Blacklock, 1844.
		To left of foreground cattle are grouped beside three spindly trees. A woman, her back to the viewer, carrying a basket balanced on her head, walks towards the ruins of a castle which are bathed in the rosy glow of a fading sunset. Distant hills lie beyond.
		labelled at reverse:-
		Evening on the Gelt near Castle Carrock W J Blacklock 40 London St, Fitzroy Square No 3
	other name:-	Buit's Castle
	date:-
	period:-	19th century, early
	text:-	Jackson 1990
		Jackson, M J
	other name:-	Belcastell
	other name:-	Boa Castle
	other name:-	Bothe Castle
	other name:-	Bowe Castle
	old map:-	Burghley 1590 (facsimile)
		courtesy of the National Library of Scotland
		Bewcastell
		circle, buildings or walls, tower
	placename:-	Bewcastell
		photographs
		Bew Castle -- Bewcastle -- Bewcastle -- Cumbria / -- 1.6.2012
		Bew Castle -- Bewcastle -- Bewcastle -- Cumbria / -- 1.6.2012
		Bew Castle -- Bewcastle -- Bewcastle -- Cumbria / -- 1.6.2012
		Bew Castle -- Bewcastle -- Bewcastle -- Cumbria / -- Swaledale tups. -- 15.9.2006
		Bew Castle -- Bewcastle -- Bewcastle -- Cumbria / -- 15.9.2006
		Bew Castle -- Bewcastle -- Bewcastle -- Cumbria / -- 15.9.2006
	hearsay	Perhaps 13th century, 90 foot square enclosure, a tower and a gatehouse remain as well as curtain wall.
	notes	Gateway, keep, moat, within the roman camp Perriam, D R & Robinson, J: 1998: Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria: CWAAS:: ISBN 1 873124 23 6; plan and illustrations
	Old Cumbria Gazetteer - JandMN: 2013

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