| John Hassell - Castles - 1807 - 278 pages
...along the banks of the river, are many picturesque views. U h M 1 PENRITH CASTLE, CUMBERLAND, XXXXXX IT is uncertain when or by whom this castle was built,...being disposed of for the benefit of the commonwealth. О BEAUTIES OF ANTIQUITY ness of the walls ; and it is extremely singular, that, notwithstanding the... | |
| George Isham Parkyns - Abbeys - 1816 - 522 pages
...castle were built at different times. This View was taken July 19, 1787. * "f. p w •t t. IP rPENRITH CASTLE, CUMBERLAND. IT is uncertain when, or by whom,...crown till the reign of King William III. who granted Penritb, with its dependencies, to William Bentinck, Earl of Portland, ancestor to the present worthy... | |
| Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural History Society - Archaeology - 1865 - 730 pages
...granted by \Vi11iam to the Bishopric in his 11th year (according to the Canon of Wells) ; but Congresbury remained in the hands of the Crown till the reign of King John. This grant of Banwell to the See, late as it was, seems to me the only circumstance which at... | |
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