Chillingham Castle

Chillingham castle was originally in the 12^th century a monastery. The Grey family of Wark were the owners of Chillingham from the 13^th century till the 1980s.

The building work of the castle was commenced in 1344 by Sir Thomas de Heton. Battlements were to be built, upgrading Chillingham to be a fully fortified castle.

 King Edward the 1^st stayed at Chillingham Castle when England and Scotland were at battle with one another. Edward was on his way to battle William Wallace and his Scottish army.

The Castle was located on the map in Northumberland between England and Scotland who were two nations that were having a battle.

English armies used the castle as a staging post before entering Scotland. And the castle was attacked many times by the Scottish that were heading south.

Chillingham has had amazing history from the battle between these two nations, blood was lost, and lives were lost here. Knowing the amount of people that were killed here it’s no surprise that the castle is a very haunted place and one of the most haunted castles in England.

Once the English and Scottish feud was over, the first king of England and Scotland James the 1^st used Chillingham Castle between journeys of his two kingdoms.

Chillingham castle was starting to transform. The battlements were changed into residential wings. A library and banquet hall were built, and the moat outside was filled.

The castle was used as army barracks during World War II.

Throughout this time, the castle looked like it could never be repaired, the wood had been stripped out, and lead was removed off the roof which gave the castle really bad weather damage over major parts of Chillingham Castle.

Sir Humphrey Wakefield bought chillingham castle in the 1980s. His wife was one of the descendents of the Grey of Chillingham.