Aydon Castle, Northumberland
Historical Description
Aydon-Castle, a township in Corbridge parish, Northumberland, 1½ mile N of Corbridge. Acreage, 415; population, 18. A fortified house of the Aydon family was built here, in the time of Edward I., on the side of a ravine, and is now occupied as a farmhouse. It has the form of the letter H, with a tower at the end of each of the four wings. The walls are very thick, and one of the towers is upwards of 60 feet high. It was part of the ancient barony of the Baliols, from whom it passed to the Aydons. It is now the property of the Blackett family. Corbridge is the post town.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Northumberland | |
| Civil parish | Corbridge | |
| Poor Law union | Hexham | |
| Ward | Tindale |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Aydon Castle from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Aydon-Castle)
Land and Property
The Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Northumberland is available to browse.
Maps
Online maps of Aydon Castle are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following newspapers related to Northumberland online: