[1] Sir Ralph Eure obtained a licence to crenellate his manor house in 1410 and created the castle.

The castle was held by Royalist Sir William Darcy during the English Civil War.

He compounded for the return of his confiscated estate which was sold by his descendant Henry Darcy to William Cuthbert in 1743.

In 1816 William Chaytor of Croft Hall, Yorkshire purchased the castle estate from the then owner, John Robert Hopper, for £78,000 and restored the fabric and rebuilt the interior in modern style.

The estate was rich in coal and Witton Park Colliery was sunk in 1825.