Eslington Tower

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Esselyngton; Eslyngton

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

The first historic record of the tower at Eslington comes from 1334/5, when a licence to crenellate granted to Robert de Eslington, and it was reported as being suitable for a garrison of 20 men in 1509. Other building in the list of this size of garrison are usually described as pele towers. In 1587 the tower was stormed by raiding Scots after the execution of Mary, Queen of Scots. Nothing remains of this tower which was last mentioned in 1594. The mansion house which now stands here was built in C18.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is NU042122

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 5396
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is N3206 '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=N3206
• Books
  • Dodds, John F., 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (Keepdate Publishing) p159-60
    Salter, Mike, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland (Malvern) p51
    Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge)
    Jackson, M.J.,1992, Castles of Northumbria (Carlise) p62-3
    Rowland, T.H., 1987 [reprint1994], Medieval Castles, Towers, Peles and Bastles of Northumberland (Sandhill Press) p33
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p348
    Graham, Frank, 1976, The Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Frank Graham) p152
    Long, B., 1967, Castles of Northumberland (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) p100
    Dodds, Madeleine Hope (ed), 1935, Northumberland County History (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) Vol14 p515-18
    Bates, C.J., 1891, Border Holds of Northumberland (London and Newcastle: Andrew Reid) p9, 17, 24, 43
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p410
    Hodgson, J. and Laird, F., 1813, Beauties of England and Wales; Northumberland Vol12 p213
• Journal Articles
  • 1910, Archaeologia Aeliana Vol6 p1-33
• 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]
    Calendar of Patent Rolls (1334-38) p78