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    Traveling To An Enchanted Land Of Castles: Facts And Information On The Castles Of Britain
    Traveling To An Enchanted Land Of Castles: Facts And Information On The Castles Of Britain
    Traveling To An Enchanted Land Of Castles: Facts And Information On The Castles Of Britain
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    Traveling To An Enchanted Land Of Castles: Facts And Information On The Castles Of Britain

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    Traveling To An Enchanted Land Of Castles, Learn About The Many Castles In Britain.
    Allington Castle, Ashby Castle, Barnard Castle, Barnwell Castle, Bedford Castle, Beeston Castle, Berkeley Castle, Berkhamsted Castle, Berry Pomeroy Castle, Brancepeth Castle, Buckden Palace, Caister Castle, Canterbury Castle, Carisbrooke Castle, Carlisle Castle, Castle Rising, Chester Castle, Christchurch Castle and much, much more.....

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHerbert Howard
    Release dateApr 11, 2012
    ISBN9781476343211
    Traveling To An Enchanted Land Of Castles: Facts And Information On The Castles Of Britain
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    Herbert Howard

    Herbert writes books about faraway, exciting places. He is addicted to travel and finds any excuse to pack his bags and leave on another adventure.

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      Traveling To An Enchanted Land Of Castles - Herbert Howard

      Traveling To An Enchanted Land Of Castles - Facts And Information On The Castles Of Britain

      By

      Herbert Howard

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      Traveling To An Enchanted Land Of Castles - Facts And Information On The Castles Of Britain

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      Content

      Famous British Castles

      Allington Castle

      Ashby Castle

      Bamburgh Castle

      Barnard Castle

      Barnwell Castle

      Bedford Castle

      Beeston Castle

      Berkeley Castle

      Berkhamsted Castle

      Berry Pomeroy Castle

      Brancepeth Castle

      Buckden Palace

      Caernarfon Castle

      Caister Castle

      Canterbury Castle

      Carisbrooke Castle

      Carlisle Castle

      Castle Rising

      Chester Castle

      Christchurch Castle

      Cockermouth Castle

      Colchester Castle

      Compton Castle

      Cooling Castle

      Corfe Castle

      Dartmouth Castle

      Deal Castle

      Donnington Castle

      Dover Castle

      Durham Castle

      Eilean Donan Castle

      Exeter Castle

      Goodrich Castle

      Haddon Hall

      Hedingham Castle

      Hereford Castle

      Hertford Castle

      Hever Castle

      Hurst Castle

      Kirby Muxloe Castle

      Lancaster Castle

      Launceston Castle

      Leeds Castle

      Leicester Castle

      Lincoln Castle

      Lumley Castle

      Lydford Castle

      Naworth Castle

      Norwich Castle

      Palace Of Westminster

      Pendennis Castle

      Penshurst Place

      Peveril Castle

      Portchester Castle

      Portsmouth Town Defences

      Raby Castle

      Restormel Castle

      Rochester Castle

      Saltwood Castle

      Sherborne Old Castle

      Southampton Castle

      St. Mawes Castle

      St. Briavels Castle

      Stirling Castle

      Sudeley Castle

      Tattershall Castle

      Thornbury Castle

      Tintagel Castle

      Tiverton Castle

      Tonbridge Castle

      Tower of London

      Trematon Castle

      Upnor Castle

      Wallingford Castle

      Walmar Castle

      Warwick Castle

      Wigmore Castle

      Windsor Castle

      Wingfield Manor

      Wolvesey Castle

      Famous British Castles

      Tintagel Castle

      It is most famous for its association with the legendary King Arthur.

      Lancaster Castle

      This is an original fort built by the Romans

      Rochester Castle

      It was one of the first castles in England to be built entirely from stone.

      Lincoln Castle

      It was begun by William the Conqueror and was built on top of an old fort site built by the Romans.

      Windsor Castle

      The largest inhabited castle in the world.

      Stokesay Castle

      It is located at Stokesay and it is the oldest fortified manor house in England and dates back to the 12th century.

      Tower of London

      This is the oldest of English castles and its cruel bloody history dates back almost one thousand years.

      Allington Castle

      Location

      Allington Castle stands beside the River Medway about a mile north of Maidstone. This beautiful, motted castle seems perfect, but the perfection has been contrived in modern times.

      Castle Today

      Allington Castle is a Grade I listed building. Much of the stonework was laid in an intricate herringbone pattern, which is still visible today.

      It was the birthplace in 1503 of the English lyrical poet Sir Thomas Wyatt and in 1521 of his son the rebel leader Thomas Wyatt.

      In 1951 the castle became home to a convent of the Order of Carmelites. It is currently the private residence of the psephologist Sir Robert Worcester and Lady Worcester. It is not open to the public.

      History Of Castle

      Henry II destroyed a Norman castle after the revolt of 1173-74. The low mound immediately southwest of the present castle represents the motte and some herringbone masonry is visible in the curtain facing it. Other than that, Sir Stephen de Penchester, Constable of Dover Castle and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports built the existing structure. He obtained license to crenellate in 1291 and the original survives.

      His castle is characteristic of the Edwardian age but is not uncompromisingly military like the contemporary castles of Wales. In design, it reflects the quadrangular layout that was becoming popular, but the rear bows outwards in a gentle curve and the distribution of towers is quite irregular.

      Five D-shaped towers of different sizes project from the curtain, though one or two others existed originally. Solomon's Tower, at the south corner, is the largest and may be regarded as an early tower house. There is also a gatehouse flanked by simple, half-round turrets; the machicolations above the gateway are modern.

      Some ruins of barbican survive on the far side of the moat. The range on the southwest side of the courtyard, known as the Penchester Wing, may incorporate a slightly older manor house. However, once the castle was built, the main apartments stood opposite, cantered on a hall that still exists but is largely a reconstruction. Only its fifteenth century porch is authentic.

      In 1492, Allington was granted to Sir Henry Wyatt in recognition of his loyalty to Henry VII. He upgraded the castle by building the narrow range, which divides the courtyard into two unequal parts. Its upper floor forms a long gallery. The picturesque, half-timbered house within the smaller enclosure also dates from the Wyatt period.

      Ashby Castle

      Location

      Ashby Castle is situated in Leicestershire.

      Castle Today

      Visitors can still climb the tower today despite it suffering massive damage during the Civil War. There is also an underground passage from the kitchen to the tower, probably created during this war, which can still be explored today.

      History Of Castle

      Ashby-de-ka-Zouche takes its name from the Zouche family whose line died out in 1399. In 1464, Ashby was one of the estates granted to William, Lord Hastings, as a reward for his services to Edward IV. Hastings held the office of Lord Chamberlain and, in 1474; he obtained a license to crenellate his houses at Ashby and Kirby Muxloe.

      During the Civil War, Henry Hastings strengthened the castle with earthen redoubts and turned it into the chief center of Royalist resistance in the county. The garrison endured over a year of siege before surrendering on honorable terms in February 1646. The Hastings Tower was slighted by order of Parliament, but the rest of the castle remained habitable into the eighteenth century. It is now all ruined.

      Before Lord Hastings, there was only a manor house here, though it was a fine one in keeping with the status of the Zouches. Hastings made the older buildings the core of his mansion. They form a range cantered upon a late Norman hall, flanked by the solar and a buttery and pantry wing. In the fourteenth century, the massive kitchen was added to the complex. Lord Hastings modernized these buildings and extended the range with the addition of a fine chapel in the prevailing Perpendicular style.

      Following the license to Crenellate, he built a curtain around the manor house and raised the mighty square tower, which is named after him. The curtain cannot have been a very formidable obstacle - only a portion survives-but the Hastings Tower is still impressive. It is one of the best examples of a late medieval tower house, providing its owner with a dignified but secure residence. It stands detached from the manorial buildings, facing them across the courtyard. The tower is built in very fine ashlars masonry.

      Bamburgh Castle

      Bamburgh Castle; is located by the seaside village of Bamburgh in Northumberland. It is perched on a basalt crag and this grand castle towers over the village and surrounding countryside and may be seen for many miles out to sea.

      Haunted

      Bamburgh Castle also has a 'Pink Lady' who haunts the castle. She was a Princess who wanted to marry her true love who was beneath her station.

      Her father sent her lover overseas and after a period of time she became very depressed.

      In an effort to cheer her up her father had a beautiful pink dress made for her but when it was completed she put on the garment and climbed on to the highest battlements and threw herself to her death on the rocks below.

      The princess is said to return to the Castle every seven years in her pink dress. She wanders throughout the Castle and then makes her way down the rocky path to the beach to await her lover to return.

      Castle Today

      Today Bamburgh Castle is one of the finest, and most photographed, castles in England, commanding stunning views of the Farne and Holy islands and landward to the Cheviot hills.

      As well as being a popular tourist attraction it is licensed to conduct civil weddings.

      It was bought by, the 1st Lord Armstrong in 1894. Bamburgh Castle is still owned and maintained by the Armstrong family.

      History Of Castle

      Archaeologists have found evidence to suggest that the rocky crag on which Bamburgh castle is built has been occupied since prehistoric times.

      Bamburgh Castle was almost entirely rebuilt

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