Penrith Castle was built between 1399 and 1470 as a defense against Scottish raids. It is believed to have been first built by William Strickland who later become Bishop of Carlisle. See also List of bishops of Carlisle The Bishop of Carlisle is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle The castle is situated within the town of Penrith, Cumbria, England opposite the railway station. Penrith is a Market town in the county of Cumbria, England. It is in the Eden Valley just north of the River Eamont, and lies less than 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
The Castle was later developed by the Neville family and passed into the hands of the Crown and is thought to have been the sometime residence of King Richard III when he was Duke of Gloucester and Lord Warden of the Marches Toward Scotland. TalkCommonewalth realm.--> The monarchy Richard III ( 2 October 1452 &ndash 22 August 1485) was King of England from 1483 until his death Duke of Gloucester (ˈdjuːk əv ˈglɒstə is a British royal title (after Gloucester) often conferred on one of the sons of the reigning monarch
The castle and the town remained part of the Crown Estate until the reign of William III who gave it and most other Crown property in Cumberland to his friend Hans Willem Bentinck, 1st Earl of Portland. William III or William of Orange (14 November 1650 &ndash 8 March 1702 He is informally known in Northern Ireland and Scotland as "King Billy" Cumberland is one of the 39 Historic counties of England. It formed an administrative county from 1889 to 1974 (excluding Carlisle from 1915 and now forms part of Hans William Baron Bentinck 1st Earl of Portland, KG, PC ( 20 July 1649 - 23 November 1709) was a Dutch The castle eventually passed from the Earls and Dukes of Portland to the Dukes of Devonshire who sold it to the Lancaster & Carlisle Railway Company who built Penrith railway station it later passed into the ownership of the Penrith Urban District Council who in the 1920s converted the grounds into a public park and built housing nearby. For the whaler see Duke of Portland (whaler Earl of Portland is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of England. Duke of Devonshire is a title in the Peerage of England held by members of the aristocratic Cavendish family The London and North Western Railway (LNWR L&NWR was a Railway company of the United Kingdom which existed between 1846 and 1922 This article is about the station in Penrith Cumbria UK For the station in Sydney Australia see Penrith railway station Sydney. Penrith is a Market town in the county of Cumbria, England. It is in the Eden Valley just north of the River Eamont, and lies less than
The castle is maintained now by English Heritage. English Heritage is a Non-departmental public body of the United Kingdom government ( Department for Culture Media and Sport) with a broad remit of
References
- ^ Gilpin, William (1786), Observations relative chiefly to Picturesque Beauty, Made in the year 1772 . . . . . Cumberland & Westmoreland. Pub. R. Blamire, London. Facing P. 85
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