. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . 3L AMIS T 13)17 <£ A S TT 3k 2S v ID TLT IE SHI A1 THE SEA3. ._&£31 ,. CUMBERLAND, DURHAM, AND NORTHUMBERLAND. 21 The present edifice stands proudly in its park, at the distance of three miles south-south-west from Newcastle. In the oldest records concerning Ravensworth, the village is written Rqffenswarth,and the castle Rqffenshelm, the first signifying the estate, and the second the fortress ofIiaffen, which, heing the name o
. Westmoreland, Cumberland, Durham, and Northumberland, illustrated : from original drawings by Thomas Allom, George Pickering, & c. ; with descriptions by T. Rose . 3L AMIS T 13)17 <£ A S TT 3k 2S v ID TLT IE SHI A1 THE SEA3. ._&£31 ,. CUMBERLAND, DURHAM, AND NORTHUMBERLAND. 21 The present edifice stands proudly in its park, at the distance of three miles south-south-west from Newcastle. In the oldest records concerning Ravensworth, the village is written Rqffenswarth,and the castle Rqffenshelm, the first signifying the estate, and the second the fortress ofIiaffen, which, heing the name of the Danish standard, shews that they were ancientlyl^ossessed by the Danes, who were probably the founders of the castle. The manor of Ravensworth was purchased by an ancestor of the Liddells in 160/. Sir Thomas Henry Liddell, the seventh baronet, and present possessor of the estates ofthis family, was raised to the peerage in 1821, by the title of Baron Ravensworth. Bythis nobleman, the old castle was, in 1808, taken down, and a new erection begun. Theworks were placed under the superintendence of Mr. Nash, the architect; and an excellentwhite free-stone, obtained from a quarry in the park, was used in the constru
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