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Mulgrave Castle

📍 North Yorkshire, England

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About

Mulgrave Castle refers to one of three structures on the same property in Lythe, near Whitby, North Yorkshire, England. One of these, known as the "old" or "ancient" castle, was by legend founded by Wada, a 6th-century ruler of Hälsingland. The second castle, caput of the feudal barony of Mulgrave, was of Norman construction and remained active until destroyed by order of Parliament in 1647. The third is a country house which was constructed by Lady Catherine Darnley and passed in 1718 by marriage into the Phipps family, when her daughter Lady Catherine Sheffield married William Phipps. The Phipps family later held the titles of Baron Mulgrave, Earl of Mulgrave and Marquess of Normanby.

Legend attributes the original fortification to Wada, a 6th-century Saxon ruler. The medieval castle was built in the 13th century by Peter de Maulay. The estate passed to the Dukes of Buckingham, then the Phipps family (Marquesses of Normanby) who built the current Georgian mansion in the 1750s. The medieval ruins in the surrounding woodland are a Scheduled Monument. The estate remains privately owned.