Bywell is a village in Northumberland, in England. Northumberland is a county in the North East of England. The non-metropolitan county of Northumberland borders Cumbria to the west England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland It is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne opposite Stocksfield, between Hexham and Newcastle. The River Tyne is a River in England. It is formed by the confluence of two rivers the North Tyne and the South Tyne. Stocksfield is a small sprawling Commuter Village situated close to the river Tyne approximately 14 miles west of Newcastle upon Tyne and 10 miles east Hexham New South Wales|Hexham (constituency Hexham is a Market town in Northumberland, England, located south of the River Tyne. Newcastle upon Tyne ( (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and Metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England
It is a picturesque village, with two churches and a castle. The church of St Andrew has a fine Ango-Saxon tower, while St Peter is also partly 8th century in date. It is possibly the building in which Bishop Egbert of Lindisfarne was consecrated in AD 802. Egbert of Lindisfarne (or Ecgberht) was Bishop of Lindisfarne from his consecration on June 11 802 until his death in 821
The high garden wall to the SW of the old vicarage is known locally as the 'spite wall'. It was built to hide the vicarage from the view of the Hall. When the village of Bywell was cleared, the vicar could not be made to leave.
Bywell Hall itself is an imposing house of 1766 by James Paine. Bywell Hall is a privately owned 18th century country house situated on the north bank of the River Tyne at Bywell, Tynedale, Northumberland. James Paine (1717 &ndash 1789 was an English Architect. Essentially a Palladian, early in his career he was clerk of works at Nostell Priory
Bywell Castle is a gatehouse tower built in the early 15th century for Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland. Bywell Castle is situated in the village of Bywell overlooking the River Tyne, four miles east of Corbridge, Northumberland, England