Bywell Castle is situated in the village of Bywell overlooking the River Tyne, four miles east of Corbridge, Northumberland, England (grid reference NZ049615). It is a Grade I listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
It was built in 1430 by the Neville family (see Earl of Westmorland) but was never completed. The impressive three-storey gatehouse remains, together with part of a curtain wall into which has been incorporated a much later house (Grade II listed).
King Henry VI took refuge in Bywell Castle after the Battle of Hexham in 1464.[1]
The Castle is privately owned and not normally open to visitors. It is the seat of the Viscounts Allendale.
Bywell Castle gave its name to a ship, which ploughed into the SS Princess Alice on the River Thames in September 1878, sinking her within minutes. The number of lives lost in the disaster are unclear but estimates have ranged from 590 to 640.
BywellCastle is situated in the village of Bywell overlooking the River Tyne, four miles east of Corbridge, Northumberland, England (grid reference NZ049615)...
Wylam with a total population of 4,534. Bywell Hall is an imposing house of 1766 by James Paine. BywellCastle is a gatehouse tower built in the early...
that sank on 3 September 1878 after a collision with the collier SS BywellCastle on the River Thames. Between 600 and 700 people died, all from Princess...
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Northumberland, England. It is a Grade II* listed building. The manor of Bywell and BywellCastle were owned by the Neville family in the 14th century but following...
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after leaving Rosherville pier, was in a collision with the collier BywellCastle at Tripcock Point, a mile downstream from Woolwich. 640 people died...
the evening of 3 September 1878, she collided with the steam collier BywellCastle and sank into the Thames in under four minutes. Of the approximately...
Wight 640 Princess Alice disaster 1878 (3 September) Collision with the BywellCastle in the River Thames near Woolwich (Estimates vary, but most historians...
after leaving Rosherville pier, was in a collision with the collier BywellCastle, from Woolwich. 640 people died from the collision, 240 being children...
die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the BywellCastle in the River Thames. September 12 – Cleopatra's Needle is erected beside...
die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the BywellCastle in the River Thames. 1879 – Siege of the British Residency in Kabul:...
1878, when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collided with the BywellCastle, killing over 640 people. The growth of road transport, and the decline...
making what was billed as a "Moonlight Trip" to Gravesend and back. BywellCastle collided with her off Tripcock Point. Princess Alice broke in two and...
to change was provided when, on 3 September 1878, the steam collier BywellCastle ran into the pleasure steamer Princess Alice in Galleons Reach, resulting...
die when the crowded pleasure boat Princess Alice collides with the BywellCastle in the River Thames. 11 September – an underground explosion at Abercarn...
Invincible – 16 March 1801 Yacht Zoe on 24 May 1857 SS Chicago – 1878 SS BywellCastle on 10 February 1883. Barque Brownrigg on 12 August 1888 SS Cambria after...
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