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47: 31: 54: 391:. The land at Haggerston was, at that time, boggy and wet, the remaining lake serving as a reminder of this. There are few records of the early part of the history of Haggerston Castle, as later fires destroyed much of the castle, along with its documents. It is known that John de Hagardeston inhabited the castle in the late 12th and early 13th century, his death having been documented 494:
Seven semi-detached cottages, the "Roadside Cottages", still remain, and are privately owned, having been built for the employees of the castle in the late 18th century, along with a terrace of four cottages, the "Flower Cottages". There is also a modern-built house. The ruins of the chapel and the
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Unfortunately, the castle is supposedly according to local legend subject to a witch's curse, which has resulted in the castle being damaged by fire on three occasions. The original reason for the curse and the resultant first fire are unknown, but the subsequent fires took place in 1618 and 1911.
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By 1893 he had rebuilt the main house, and like his father John Naylor started to develop his own gardens at Haggerston, overseeing the landscaping of the 23,000 acres (9,300 ha) estate. His brother John sent him six
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family, gaining large amounts of land, but Haggerston eventually became a minor estate, connected to the Maxwell and Constable families, and passed to the Maxwell
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specialising in conifers were looking for a breed that was fast growing, and could be deployed in hard to grow windy and salty areas such as
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banker Thomas Naylor. On his death in 1891, it was inherited by his nephew Christopher John Naylor (1849–1926), who gave up his family home
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blew down one of the original trees at Haggerston (the other original five trees still survive), on which the research division of the
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The inhabitants of the castle, the de Hagardestons, are believed to have been part of the invading force of
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in the same year. This licence is recorded in the Calendar of patent rolls (1343–45), p. 479.
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By the 1880s, the castle and estates were part of the Leyland Entailed Estates, built up by
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started developing additional hybrids. Commercial nurseries spotted the now termed
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to his brother, and moved to Haggerston, changing his name to C.J. Leyland.
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After C.J. Naylor's death in 1926, in 1933, the ruins of the house were
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off in 2,000 lots, to try to recoup some of the family fortune.
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still remain, along with the dovecote on the opposite side the
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Naylor also laid out a 1.4 acres (0.6 ha) Italian garden.
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The fire resulted in only the tower remaining, and due to
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Haggerston was first mentioned in sources in 1311, when
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Haggerston is located in Northumberland
Northumberland
OS grid reference
NU042436
District
Berwick-upon-Tweed
Shire county
Northumberland
Region
North East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
TD15
Police
Northumbria
Fire
Northumberland
Ambulance
North East
UK Parliament
Berwick-upon-Tweed
UK
England
Northumberland
55°41′13″N 1°56′06″W / 55.687°N 1.935°W / 55.687; -1.935
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