Chapters and Verse Visit to Wressle Castle

Details of the next Chapters and Verse outing to Wressle Castle, with Barbara English, Margaret Pinder and Ed Dennison are now available.

Chapter and Verse are especially happy to announce that Ed Dennison of Ed Dennison Archaeological Services will be speaking. Ed has been closely involved with the recent works to Wressle Castle and is one of the leading authorities on the castle buildings and the site.

Wressle Castle was built around 1380 and owned for centuries by the Percy family, earls and later dukes of Northumberland. The castle still has substantial walls, although the majority of it was destroyed in the Civil War. It is in private ownership and few people will have visited it, although many will have seen it when travelling by train on the Hull/Selby line. However, following a recent programme of restoration by Natural England, English Heritage and other bodies, it is now possible for the first time in many years to visit the interior and the rest of the site. It has a great history, and there are descriptions of it from the 1500s as well as detailed drawings from the 1600s before it was ruined.

The schedule for the outing on Saturday 26th September 2015 is:

9.30 Depart Durham Ox, Norwood, Beverley

10.15 Coffee and welcome Wressle village hall

10.30-12.15  The history of the Percies (Barbara English) and the history & archaeology of Wressle castle (Ed Dennison of Ed Dennison Archaeological Services)

12.15-1.00 Lunch

1.00-1.45  Wressle furnishings, gardens and household from 16th century sources, the Northumberland Household Book and John Leland (Margaret Pinder)

1.45 -3.30   Site visit to Wressle castle

3.30 Return to Wressle village hall, refreshments and close

4.15 Depart Wressle

5.30 Arrive Durham Ox, Norwood, Beverley

Tickets are available for £45.00 including coach travel to and from Wressle, lunch, other refreshments, site visit and donation to charity (by request of the landowner).

£35.00 if travelling to/from Wressle by own transport.

To book this tour and for information on our other courses, please contact:

Barbara English

barbara@chapters-and-verse.com

01482 881333
 

Margaret Pinder

margaret@chapters-and-verse.com

01482 871788