In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Whitley Castle like this:

Whitley Castle, ruin, Alston par., Cumberland, on Hall Hill, near Alston.

Whitley Castle through time

Whitley Castle is now part of NORTHUMBERLAND Unitary Authority. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTHUMBERLAND has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whitley Castle itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whitley Castle, in Northumberland and Cumberland | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/31058

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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