BARNWELL CASTLE
Bought by Duke of Gloucester The Duke of Gloucester has purchased the old Tudor Castle at Barnwell St. Andrews, Northants. The castle was recently modernised and a swimming pool jias been installed. . . . , v . ' ; Barnwell Castle, which is just outside the village, was opce the seat of Sir Edward Montague, one of the Duchess’s ancestors, who bought it, with all the titles that went with it. The former owner of the castle, Major Colin Cooper, a 45-year-old businessman, died suddenly in Kenya-in March. In the garden of the castle stand the ivymantled ruins ‘ of the original fortress, built by Berengarius le Moyne in 1264. By the brook which runs nearby are earthworks of a still earlier building.. . Xhe first Barnwcih Castle-wasbuiltip, U 52.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22465, 28 July 1938, Page 1 (Supplement)
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