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398.—Norwich Castle Vol I, p.398, figs 308 and 389: Norwich Castle 525x823 104K |
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399.—Norwich Castle “[...] Hugh Bigod, who had sworn that Henry had appointed Stephen his successor, was the first to hold out against the king in the Castle of Norwich, which his ancestor had built. Norwich was a regular fortress, with a wall and ditch, an outer, a middle, and an inner court, and a keep. The bridge over one of the ditches and the keep still remain. [...] [more...] |
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400.—Winchester “The successor of Henry Beauclerk was also an usurper. The rival pretensions of Stephen of Blois and the Empress Matilda filled the land with bloodshed and terror for nineteeen years. From the north to the south, from the Barbecans of York (Fig. 386) to the palaces of Winchester (Fig. 400), the country was [...] [more...] |
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416.—Warwick Castle, Guy’s Tower “It is a rare consolation for the lover of his country’s monuments, to turn from castles made into prisons, and abbeys into stables, to such a glorious relic of ‘Old England’ as Warwick Castle. Who can forget the first sight of that beautiful pile, little touched by time, not vulgarized by ignorance? (Fig. 417). As he enters the portal through which [...] [more...] |
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418.—Ancient Statue of Guy at Guys Cliff This is Guy of Warwick, mentioned in some of the Robin Hood stories. [more...] |
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419.—Warkworth Castle Dates from the 12th Century but extensvely modified in the 14th and 15th Centuries. Ruined. |
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420.—Warkworth Castle Interior of a Room in Warkworth Castle. |
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421.—Ludlow Castle Ludlow was the capital of Wales in the 16th Century, and this 12th Century (or earlier) castle was the centre for administration. Today it is in ruins, having declined since the engraving was [...] [more...] |
