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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… 298 inhabitants. Near the chapel is the site of a baronial mansion, which was fortified by royal licence in the … castle existing here in the time of the Lacys, which, as a baronial seat, would naturally assume that character; and the …
A Topographical Dictionary of England
… which that river flows, is Naworth Castle, the ancient baronial seat of the lords of Gilsland, the earliest notice …