Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for NAPPERTON

NAPPERTON, a quondam castle in the S of Northumberland; near the Roman wall, 2 miles N of Ovingham. It was built by Philip de Ulecott, forester of Northumberland in the time of King John; and it is now represented by only scanty vestiges.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a quondam castle"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Northumberland AncC
Place: Nafferton

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