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Wressle Castle
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Wressill; Wreshil
In the civil parish of Wressle.
In the historic county of Yorkshire East Riding (Modern Authority of East Riding of Yorkshire, 1974 county of Humberside).
Moated castle constructed 1380-90 for Sir Henry Percy, it fell into decay by 1537 and was largely demolished in 1650 by an act of parliament, except for the south range, which was occupied until 1796. The medieval moat survives as an earthwork, with some ruins of the castle still standing. Another moat lies to the north of the first moat, originally visible as an earthwork, but levelled and visible as a cropmark on later photography. There is some suggestion of internal features within the moated enclosure. The precise square form of this moated enclosure suggests it is a formal garden moat and terraced area.
This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 165373)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SE70683154
PastScape number;
59470
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Yorkshire (Malvern) p112-3
Ingham, Bernard, 2001, Bernard Ingham's Yorkshire Castles (Dalesman) p88-9
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p414
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p282
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p528
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p230
Loughlin, Neil and Miller, Keith, 1979, A survey of archaeological sites in Humberside carried out for the Humberside Joint Archaeological Committee p45
Le Patourel, H.E. Jean, 1973, The Moated Sites of Yorkshire (The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series 5) p6, 117
Pevsner N., 1972, Buildings of England: York and the East Riding (London)
Illingworth, J.L., 1938 (republished 1970), Yorkshire's Ruined Castles (Wakefield) p144-5
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p275-7
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p212-3
Savage, 1805, History of the Castle and Parish of Wressle (London)
Grose, F., 1756, Antiquities of England and Wales Vol6 p164-71
Journal Articles
- Neave, D., 1984, 'Wressle Castle' Archaeological Journal Vol141 p 58-60
Bilson, J., 1913, The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Vol22 p182-93
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/yorkseng.html#yorks32]
Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p538-9, 568
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol1 p52-3
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