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Jamie Shafer (jamieos)  > Ogle Northumberland Reunion July 2005 > Ogle and Other Places in Northumberland
This is a visual tribute to Northumberland from which John Ogle emigrated to Delaware in 1664. In 2001 I created a photo album on CD using my photos, purchased postcards, and photos and drawings sent by Ogle cousins in England. Since the Ogle/Ogles Family Association is planning a group visit to Northumberland in the summer of 2005, I was moved to recreate my album for presentation on the internet, including this time more elements: internet photos, antique prints, scanned photos, maps and printed information from books and the internet. All this is done with the hope that the Ogle travellers of 2005 will expand their travels in beautiful Northumberland beyond the obvious destinations i.e.Ogle Castle, Eglingham Hall, Alnwick Castle, etc., and include some of the additional sites pictured in this album. Any image can be saved in any size by right-clicking the image and saving to your computer harddrive.
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Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > Aydon Castle from the air - postcard view.
Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > Aydon Castle from the air  showing adjacent working farm.
Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > Again a postcard view of the fortified manor house, built in the 13th and 14th centuries. It  later  became a farmhouse in the 1600s and continued as such until relatively recent times.
Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > From "England's Undiscovered Heritage:
Aydon Castle, standing almost as it did in the Middle Ages, is one of the finest surviving manor houses in England. Restoration work, aided by the fact that there had been only minimal changes down the years, has been thorough and it is difficult to believe that tenant farmers actually lived here, albeit in damp conditions, until 1966. 
The castle was built as a manor house in the late thirteenth-century by Robert de Reymes, the son of a wealthy Suffolk merchant. At the time, life on the Borders was relatively peaceful and Aydon had no defences. Hostilities between England and Scotland soon broke out, however, and by 1315 Reymes had been forced to build the circle of defensive walls which still stand on three sides of the castle. Aydon Castle was captured by the Scots in 1315 and by English rebels two years later. Long periods of non-resident and impoverished owners followed until the castle's conversion into a farmhouse in the seventeenth century.

Today, visitors can step back to the time of Edward I and Edward II, when the castle was the home of a minor baron. The hall, chambers and service rooms, the servants' accommodation and the orchard outside can be viewed and are the subjects of interpretive display panels. The magnificent built-in fireplaces are a special point of interest.

The castle is set in a secluded spot overlooking the steep valley of Cor Burn, and the best view of it is from the footpath which follows a 2 mile (3.2km) scenic route to Corbridge. 1 mile northeast of Corbridge, on minor road off B6321 or A68.
Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > Views in thecourtyard of the manor house showing the outside stairs to the Great Hall and kitchen.
Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > Another view of the courtyard.
Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > Romantic view of Aydon Castle - 19th century print.
Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > Typical Northumberland field in summer  - photo taken nearAydon Castle, which is in the southern part of Northumberland.
Jamie Shafer (jamieos) > 19th century print  view of Bamburgh Castle on the North Sea coast.
Aydon Castle from the air - postcard view.
 > Aydon Castle from the air - postcard view.
Aydon Castle from the air - postcard view.
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