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Monument Number 1613
Hob Uid: 1613
Location : Northumberland Harbottle
Grid Ref : NT9200005000
Summary : A pele tower was used as a vicarage at Alwinton, and in 1541 was described in poor repair. In 1635 it was recorded that the vicar had lost the `old pele tower rectory house'.
More information : Bastle (Priest's) at Alwinton. (1) Described in the Survey of 1541 as a little bastle house, the mansion of the vicar. (Not listed in the Survey of 1415 pp 12-20). (2) John Hearon, mentioned 1628, took possession of the vicars bastle mansion and let it as an alehouse, so that the vicar was obliged to build himself a small cottage to live in. (3) The Revd W Renwick, Vicar of Alwinton, has heard references to the Priests Bastle, but has no information as to where it may have stood. The present vicarage was builty a 100 years ago when the church was greatly rebuilt and maybe it was built on the foundations of the Bastle. No traces of an older building could be seen in or around the present structure. The house built by the vicar on his expulsion from the Bastle (Authority 3 refers) was indicated to the Investigator by the vicar and stands near the church. (4) Listed by Cathcart King and by Dodds. (5,6)

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Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Documeted in 1541
Monument End Date : 1541
Monument Start Date : 1541
Monument Type : Vicarage, Pele Tower
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Last documented 1635
Monument End Date : 1635
Monument Start Date : 1635
Monument Type : Vicarage, Pele Tower
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Number : NT 90 NW 18
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1957-05-07
End Date : 1957-05-07

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 1613