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Whitworth Hall Hotel & Deer Park is now privately owned and operated as a hotel and wedding venue. Sadly the Hall is now closed and believed to be empty.
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of Newcastle, purchased the manor of Whitworth. His son Robert, knighted in 1670 was Recorder from 1660 and his grandson was
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in the 16th and 17th centuries. In 1652 Mark Shafto,
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of Shafto Crag, Northumberland, served as Aldermen,
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Whitworth Hall, County Durham is located in County Durham
County Durham
County Durham
Coordinates
54°42′25″N 1°37′59″W / 54.707°N 1.633°W / 54.707; -1.633
OS grid
NZ237347
Whitworth Hall Country Park
Spennymoor
County Durham
England
listed building
Shafto family
Mayors
Sheriffs
Newcastle upon Tyne
Recorder
High Sheriff of Durham
Durham City
Robert Shafto
John Shafto
Robert Shafto
Duncombe Park
Robert Eden Duncombe Shafto
Member of Parliament
High Sheriff
Sir John Eden Bt
Windlestone Hall
Bavington Hall

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