Bywell
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Bywell is a village in Northumberland, in England. It is situated on the north bank of the River Tyne opposite Stocksfield, between Hexham and Newcastle.
It is the most picturesque group in the Tyne Valley, with two churches and a castle. The church of St Andrew has a fine Ango-Saxon tower, the best in Northumberland , while St Peter is also partly 8th century in date. It is quite possibly the building in which Egbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne was consecrated in AD 802.
The high garden wall to the SW of the old vicarage is known as the 'spite wall' to hide the building from the view of the Hall. When the willage of Bywell was cleared, the vicar could not be budged. Bywell Hall itself is an imposing house of 1766 by James Paine.
Bywell castle is a gatehouse tower built in the early 15th century for Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland.
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