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Toppin Castle, Hayton
Toppin Castle
civil parish:-   Hayton (formerly Cumberland)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   buildings
locality type:-   folly
locality type:-   castle
coordinates:-   NY49665705
1Km square:-   NY4957
10Km square:-   NY45


photograph
BQF66.jpg (taken 11.3.2009)  
photograph
BQF67.jpg (taken 11.3.2009)  

evidence:-   old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 24 3) 
placename:-  Toppin Castle
source data:-   Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25 inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton, Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948.

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
placename:-  Toppin Castle
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"TOPPIN CASTLE / / / HAYTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78057 / NY4961957047"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"BARNS EAST OF TOPPIN CASTLE / / / HAYTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78058 / NY4966057053"

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"GATE PIERS SOUTH EAST OF TOPPIN CASTLE / / / HAYTON / CARLISLE / CUMBRIA / II / 78059 / NY4963857032"


photograph
BQF70.jpg  Coat of arms, George Head Head
(taken 11.3.2009)  

hearsay:-  
Farm converted to a tower house by George Head Head.

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