Gosford Castle

Gosford Castle is a 19th-century country house situated in Gosford, a townland of Markethill, County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It was built for Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, and designed in the Norman revival style by London architect Thomas Hopper.

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Markethill and Hamiltonsbawn.

Markethill

Village

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Markethill is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is beside Gosford Forest Park. It had a population of 1,647 people in the 2011 census. A livestock market is held here three times a week and each summer the world's largest Lambeg drumming contest takes place in the village.

Hamiltonsbawn

Village

Photo: HENRY CLARK, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Hamiltonsbawn or Hamilton's Bawn is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland, five miles east of Armagh. It lies within the civil parish of Mullabrack and the Armagh, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council area. Hamiltonsbawn is situated 3 miles north of Gosford Castle.

Richhill

Village

Photo: HENRY CLARK, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Richhill is a large village and townland in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It lies between Armagh and Portadown. It had a population of 2,738 people in the 2021 Census. Richhill is situated 5 miles north of Gosford Castle.

Gosford Castle

Type: Estate
Description: County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Categories: castle and agriculture
Location: Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.3° or 54° 18′ north

Longitude

-6.51667° or 6° 31′ west

Elevation

335 feet (102 metres)

Open location code

9C6M8F2M+28

GeoNames ID

2648277

Wikidata ID

Q12058859

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Gosford Castle” goes by many names.

Basque: “Gosford gaztelua”
Danish: “Gosford Castle”
French: “château de Gosford”
French: “Château de Gosford”
German: “Gosford Castle”
Russian: “Замок Госфорд”
Spanish: “Castillo de Gosford”
Spanish: “Castillo Gosford”
Turkish: “Gosford Kalesi”
Ukrainian: “Замок Госфорд”

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