Streatlam Castle (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Stainton; Stretlam; Newcastle

In the civil parish of Streatlam And Stainton.
In the historic county of Durham.
Modern Authority of Durham.
1974 county of County Durham.
Medieval County of County Palatinate of Durham.

OS Map Grid Reference: NZ08331986
Latitude 54.57399° Longitude -1.87349°

Streatlam Castle has been described as a certain Masonry Castle.

There are masonry ruins/remnants remains.

Sources of information, references and further reading

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 19836.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) D1948.

Websites (Gatehouse is not responsible for the content of external websites.)
- Wikipedia entry
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles and Tower Houses of County Durham (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 57
  Jackson, M.J., 1996, Castles of Durham and Cleveland (Carlisle) p. 58-61
  Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 1 Northern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 138-40
  Meadows, P. and Waterson, E. 1993, Lost Houses of County Durham (Durham) p. 6-8
  King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 137
  Pevsner, Nikolaus (revised by Elizabeth Williamson), 1983, Buildings of England: Durham (Harmondsworth) p. 446
  Pevsner, N., 1953, Buildings of England: Durham (London) p. 224-5
  Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (London: Methuen and Co)
  Leighton, 1910, in Memories of Old Durham (London) p. 213-4
  Mackenzie, J.D., 1896, Castles of England; their story and structure (New York: Macmillan) Vol. 2 p. 354-6 online copy
  Whellan, F., 1894 (2edn), History, Topography and Directory of the County of Durham p. 548
  Boyle, J.R., 1892, Comprehensive Guide to the County of Durham (Newcastle) p. 725
  Brayley, E. and Britton, J., 1803, Beauties of England and Wales; Durham Vol. 5 p. 233
  Hutchinson, Wm, 1785-94, The History and Antiquities of the County Palatine of Durham Vol. 3 (Durham) p. 305-8 online copy
Periodical Articles
- Tipping, H.A., 1915 Dec, Country Life p. 836-43
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p. 156
  Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1908, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (London: Bell and Sons) Vol. 2 p. 9 online copy

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