Half Moon Pond

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Hulne Park

Park

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Hulne Park is the only one remaining of the three parks that once surrounded Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, providing wood and meat for the Percy family, the Dukes of Northumberland. Hulne Park is situated 1,800 feet west of Half Moon Pond.

Brizlee Tower

Tower

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Brizlee Tower is a Grade 1 listed folly set atop a hill in Hulne Park, the walled home park of the Duke of Northumberland in Alnwick, Northumberland. The tower was erected in 1781 for Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and commands extensive views over North Northumberland and the Borders. Brizlee Tower is situated 3,300 feet southwest of Half Moon Pond.

Alnwick Abbey

Building

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Alnwick Abbey was founded as a Premonstratensian monastery in 1147 by Eustace fitz John near Alnwick, England, as a daughter house of Newhouse Abbey in Lincolnshire. Alnwick Abbey is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Half Moon Pond.

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Hulne Priory

Locality

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Hulne Priory, Hulne Friary or Hulne Abbey was a friary founded in 1240 by the Carmelites or 'Whitefriars'. It is said that the Northumberland site, quite close to Alnwick, was chosen for some slight resemblance to Mount Carmel where the order originated.

Alnwick

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Alnwick is an attractive small town in Northumberland in northeast England, with a population of 8400 in 2021. It's best known for Alnwick Castle, often used as a film and TV location.

Abberwick

Locality

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Abberwick is a hamlet near the River Aln, in the civil parish of Edlingham, in the English county of Northumberland. Abberwick is situated 2½ miles southwest of Half Moon Pond.

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