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Wisbech Castle
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Wisbeach; Wisbich
In the civil parish of Wisbech.
In the historic county of Cambridgeshire (Modern Authority of Cambridgeshire, 1974 county of Cambridgeshire).
No remains of Castle, built either circa 1070 or 1086. It is not known when it became disused. The site of the castle was finally cleared in 1794. Georgian Manor on Site. Motte and bailey plan can be traced in road pattern. Possible had square keep. Came into the hands of the bishop of Ely in C12. In active use throughout the middle ages, rebuilt c. 1480.
This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle
Timber Castle
Palace.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TF46180958
PastScape number;
354806
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia (Malvern) p22
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p176
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p13 [slight]
Taylor, Alison, 1986, Castles of Cambridgeshire (Cambridge)
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p40-1
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p320
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Pugh, R.B. (ed), 1953, 'Wisbech Castle' VCH Cambridge and the Isle of Ely Vol4 p251-4 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=21931
Phillips, 1948, in Salzman, L.F. (ed), VCH Cambridge and the Isle of Ely Vol2 p47
Salzman, L.F. (ed), 1938, VCH Cambridge and the Isle of Ely Vol1 p323
Armitage, Ella, 1912, The Early Norman Castles of the British Isles (London: John Murray) p239-40
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Watson, 1827, Historical Account of Wisbech (Wisbech) p123-34
Stevenson, 1817, Supplement to 2edn Bentham, History and Antiquities of the Cathedral of Ely (Norwich) p77-9
Journal Articles
- Harfield, C.G., 1991, 'A Hand-list of Castles Recorded in the Domesday Book' English Historical Review Vol106
Brown, R, Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' English Historical Review Vol74 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p249-280]
Dawbarn, R.B., 1879, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol35 p59-67
1774, Gentleman's Magazine p313 [unimportant]
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
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