Torksey Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Windmill Hill

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

Rejected by King who writes "Mentioned by Leland, in terms suggesting a motte, is nothing of the kind, while late Tudor building, now called Torksey Castle, is quite unfortified." However, it appears to me that since Torksey became a new port in 1121, and also seems to have had a monastic foundation in C12, a castle would not be an improbable addition to what was a high status potential developement. If the Tudor hall was built on the site of an early medieval castle then Lelands motte may well have been destroyed at that time. PastScape record Grade 1 listed Elizabethan house. Leland writes the mound was called Windmill hill, but that he thought it was the site of an old castle.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK836787

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; 324673

• Web site links
  • http://www.lincsheritage.org/lincs/radio/torksey.html
    http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_midlands/121/torkseycastle.htm
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p68
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p265 [reject]
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1964, Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Harmondsworth) p406-7 [later building]
    Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p233
• Journal Articles
  • Barley, 1964, Antiquaries Journal Vol44 p168
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p295