PRUDHOE-CASTLE, a township in the parish of
OVINGHAM, eastern division of TINDALE ward, county
of NORTHUMBERLAND, 12 miles (W.) from Newcastle
upon Tyne, containing 79 inhabitants. Here was formerly
a chapel, dedicated to St. Thomas. On an eminence
sloping to the southern bank of the Tyne stood the
castle, once the chief baronial seat of the Umfravilles;
it has been long in ruins, but its ivy-mantled towers and
lofty keep still remain, venerable monuments of its ancient
grandeur and importance. Its present possessors
are the Percy family, of whom Algernon, the only
brother of the Duke of Northumberland, was created
Lord Prudhoe, Baron of Pradhoe castle, in 1816.