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3 unusual facts about Warkworth


John Gother

Later, at an unknown date (possibly 1688), Gother became chaplain to the recusant family of George Holman of Warkworth, Northamptonshire, at the Castle or Manor.

The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green

The location of 'Honeywood Hall' is not traced but the guests visit Warkworth, Alnwick, and Chillingham Castle to see the wild cattle.

Warkworth AFC

Warkworth AFC or Warkworth Jennian for sponsorship purposes is a semi-professional association football club in the Warkworth, New Zealand.


Acklington Park

Acklington Park in the parish of Warkworth, Northumberland, England was the birthplace of John Rushworth (born c.1612) who achieved fame in both England and during the formation of the United States of America for compiling a series of works called Historical Collections covering the English Civil Wars throughout the 17th century.

Buston

High Buston - a small hamlet on the Northumberland coast of England situated between Alnmouth and Warkworth

Richard Challoner

This was at Warkworth, Northamptonshire, seat of the recusant Roman Catholic family, that of George Holman, whose wife, Lady Anastasia Holman, was a daughter of Blessed William Howard, 1st Viscount Stafford, a Catholic unjustly condemned and beheaded in the Titus Oates hysteria of 1678.

Richard Watson Dixon

He was ordained in 1858, was second master of Carlisle high school, 1863-68, and successively vicar of Hayton, Cumberland, and Warkworth, Northumberland.

Robert fitzRoger

FitzRoger was the son of Roger fitzRichard, who held Warkworth and was lord of Clavering, Essex.

Warkworth Hermitage

Warkworth Hermitage is an unusual relic situated on the North bank of the River Coquet in Northumberland, England, close to the village of Warkworth.


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