THE TOWER ROOM...
Features:
Flame fire.
Plasma TV.
King size four poster double bed.
Bath, shower, WC.
History of the name:
James Radcliffe, who succeeded to the family honours as Earl of Derwentwater,
Viscount Langley, opposed the 1705 glorious revolution which unseated
the Stuart dynasty. His part as a leader in the Jacobean rebellion of
1714 led to his capture at Preston and his subsequent execution at the
Tower of London in 1716.
His brother, Charles, was also beheaded some 40 years later in 1746
for his involvement in the rebellion. A stone cross, situated between
Langley Castle and Haydon Bridge, commemorates their death. It reads
" In the memory of James and Charles, Viscount Langley, Earl of
Derwentwater, beheaded on Tower Hill, London 24th. February 1716 and
8th. December 1746 for loyalty to their lawful sovereign."
