Items matching castles taken from The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

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castles: A fortified defensive building or structure. Strictly speaking, a castle was also a home, whereas a fort was purely defensive, but I have used castle for any fortified place. A castle may also have had a dungeon or donjon, a sort of prison for offenders and captured soldiers.

Synonyms: fort, keep, garrison

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Pictures from The Story of Some English Shires by Mandell Creighton, D.D., Lord Bishop of London (1843 – 1901). My copy says there were one hundred and fifty copies made.

There is also an entry in the Nuttall Encyclopædia for Mandell Creighton.

Stokesay Castle

The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

“Shropshire is one of the most picturesque, as it is one of the most interesting, of English counties, possessing an interest of its own, as being the border-land between England and Wales, and associ [...]

Keywords: castles, manorstowers, water, trees, christmas

Places shown: Stokesay; Shropshire; England

Added: 2006-08-18

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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

Courtyard, Naworth Castle

The Story of Some English Shires (1897)

The story of the ill-planned rising of the Earls of Northumberland and Westmoreland has already been told. One of their associates was Leonard Dacre, who held the castle of Naworth, and gathered roun [...]

Keywords: castles, steps, staircases, entrances, windows

Places shown: Brampton; Cumberland; England

Added: 2006-09-07

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Image status: public domain, hence royalty-free stock image; usage credit requested

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