Walworth Castle hotel

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Walworth Castle hotel
Walworth Castle hotel

Taken on May Day weekend, 2015.

Walworth Castle Estate dates back to 1150 and the Hansard family. The Hansard’s are famous for chronicling the debates in the Houses of Parliament. Between 1189 - 1576 it was owned by the Hansard family. It was then sold to Thomas Jenison in 1576 and continued to be owned by the Jenison’s until 1759. It was then sold to a wine merchant Matthew Stephenson from Newcastle and sold again in 1775 to John Harrison.

His only child married General Arthur Aylmer of the Durham Light Infantry. In 1931, after the death of the Aylmers, the estate was bought by Neville and Charles Eade, then sold to Lord and Lady Palmer. During the Second World War, the castle was let to the Durham Light Infantry where it was used for high ranking German and Italian officers.

In 1950 it was sold to Durham County Council and used as a girls school. The council then sold the castle in 2000 to private ownership and it's been a hotel ever since.

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Taken on: May 5, 2015
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