Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for COPELAND-CASTLE

COPELAND-CASTLE, an old seat in the north of Northumberland; on the river Glen, 4¼ miles NW of Wooler. It succeeded an older seat, which belonged to John de Copeland who took David II. prisoner; and it was built, in 1614, by the Wallaces; and passed to the Ogles.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an old seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Northumberland AncC
Place: Coupland

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