Mourholme

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In place of Mourholme Castle is now Pine Lake , a flooded gravel pit and the center of a recreation park.

Mourholme , also Maurholme , Morhull , or Merhull , were the names of a manor and a castle in what is now the parish of Warton , north of Carnforth in the English county of Lancastershire . The garrison of Merhull Castle under Gilbert FitzReinfred surrendered to the troops of King Johann Ohneland in 1216 . It is not known whether the castle was made of stone or wood. Excavations were carried out in part of the property in 1975. At that time the remains were largely destroyed by gravel mining. In the meantime, the former gravel pit was flooded and now forms Pine Lake east of the A6 state road and west of the M6 motorway .

The name is still preserved today in the title of "Mourholme Local History Society: The Society for the Old Parish of Warton, Lancashire", which takes care of the history of the parishes of Borwick , Carnforth , Priest Hutton , Silverdale , Yealand Conyers and Yealand Redmayne . The society publishes The Mourholme Magazine of Local History .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Maurholme Manor . Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ Desmond Holmes: The Castles of the Barony of Kendal . Pp. 10-12. Autumn 1983. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  3. ^ A b A History of the County of Lancaster: Vol 8 . Victoria County History. Pp. 161-165. 1914. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  4. ↑ Tom Clare: Notes and queries: Now we shall never know . See unnumbered page opposite page 9. Winter 1983. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  5. ↑ Monument No. 43067 . Pastscape. Historic England. English Heritage. Retrieved July 25, 2016.
  6. ^ Mourholme Local History Society . MLHS. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  7. ^ Publications . Mourholme Local History Society. Retrieved July 25, 2016.

literature

Coordinates: 54 ° 8 ′ 42.6 "  N , 2 ° 44 ′ 38"  W.