Grimsthorpe Castle

In the civil parish of Edenham.
In the historic county of Lincolnshire (Modern Authority of Lincolnshire, 1974 county of Lincolnshire).

Country house of C13 origins, enlarged during C16 and 1685. It was remodelled in 1722-26, 1811 and 1840. t is likely that the first castle at Grimsthorpe was built by Gilbert de Gant, the great grandson of Baudouin, Count of Flanders. He succeeded in 1192 as 5th Lord of Folkingham. Created Earl of Lincoln in 1216 by Prince Louis of France (later Louis VIII), he was dispatched to the north to oppose King John during the baron’s revolt. He devastated the city of Lincoln, but was later taken prisoner and deprived of his estates. He died in 1242. Much of his large estate eventually passed to Henry, 1st Lord Beaumont, who served both Edward I and Edward II in a military capacity.

This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TF04452277

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 348511

• Web site links
  • http://www.grimsthorpe.co.uk/castle.html
    http://www.touruk.co.uk/houses/houselincs_grimst.htm
    http://www.heritagesites.eu.com/england/grimsth.htm
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p50
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p142-3
    Pevsner, Nikolaus and John Harris; revised by Nicholas Antram, 1989, Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Harmondsworth) p554-8
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p260
    Tipping, H.A., 1928, English Homes, period 4 Vol2 (London) p295-
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p227
• Journal Articles
  • Conner, 1974, Archaeological Journal Vol131 p330-3
    Tipping, H.A., 1924, Country Life Vol55 p572-9, 614-21, 650-7 [mainly on later fabric]
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p287