Weddington Castle

Evolving from a Royal Hunting Lodge in the ancient village of Weddington to become an extensive fortified Hall set amidst landscaped gardens, this centuries-old building was demolished in 1928 to make way for a housing estate.

Records also tell of ten houses being left to go to ruins and over 60 people chased out of their homes.

The Crown leased the manor until 1561 to a certain Mr. Trye, who rebuilt the village, turning it into a farming commune.

[1] Sir Samuel St. Swithin Burden Whalley (15 July 1799 – 3 February 1883) was a British Radical politician.

Born into a Lancashire family "of great antiquity", he was the son of Samuel Whalley of Weddington Hall, Warwickshire.