Warkworth

Warkworth, a small seaport (pop. 700) in Northumberland, near the mouth of the Coquet, 7 miles SE. of Alnwick by rail. The castle, mostly ruinous, dates from the 12th century, and is often named in the history of the Percies (as in Shakespeare's Henry IV.). The Norman church has been restored. The Benedictine priory was founded in 1256, and the hermitage 'deep hewn within a craggy cliff,' and known from Bishop Percy's ballad, is about a mile above the castle. The place gives the Duke of Northumberland a baronial title, his eldest son's son being known as Lord Warkworth. The trade, chiefly in exporting coal, is mainly carried on at Amble, 1 mile SE. on the coast.