Farnham Tower, Hepple

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; High Farnham; Fairnham; Thurnham; Thernham; Thernam; Tharnam

In the civil parish of Hepple. In the historic county of Northumberland (Modern Authority of Northumberland, 1974 county of Northumberland).

Site of a tower mentioned in 1415, 1513,1541, and in 1546 when it was destroyed in a Scots raid. A number of earthworks can be seen in the area, they may have surrounded an area of parkland around the tower. Traces of a foundation can be seen, though there are no surviving stones. The stone from the tower was probably built into nearby houses. Thernham is the original placename spelling which has become Farnham.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NT96850242

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 1817
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is N1224 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

• Web site links
  • http://www.keystothepast.info/durhamcc/K2P.nsf/K2PDetail?readform&PRN=N1224
• Books
  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing)
    Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p114 [slight]
    Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p41
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p348
    Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p158
    Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p103
    Dodds, Madeleine Hope (ed), 1940, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol15 p267-8
    Dixon, D.D. 1903. Upper Coquetdale (Rothbury) p267-8
    Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p18, 24, 44
• Journal Articles
  • Hadcock, R.N., 1939, 'Map of Mediaeval Northum and Durham' Archaeologia Aeliana [ser4] Vol16 p173
    Miller, E., 1956, Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle [ser5] Vol1, 396-7
    Hall, K.G. 1933-4. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle [ser4] Vol6, 156
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • 1541 Survey of the East and Middle Marches [http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/numblis5.html]
    1509 Survey of Tevedale [http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/numblis3.html]
    1415 list of Northumberland Castles [http://homepage.mac.com/philipdavis/numblis2.html]