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Frodsham Castle Park
In the civil parish of Frodsham.
In the historic county of Cheshire (Modern Authority of Cheshire, 1974 county of Cheshire).
Vanished Castle. The given site has been considered by some writers to be the castle site but this site is rejected as such by Hogg & King as Buck's print, of some kind of tower, shows it standing on high ground. However, Salter writes cellar of Castle Park House is said to incorporate last remains of castle. Frodsham Castle originated as an early Norman castle and was burnt down in 1654.
This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle
Timber Castle
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Nothing visible remains.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ51387754
PastScape number;
71545
County Sites and Monuments Record number; 984/1/0
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, Index and Amendments to Mike Salter's English Castles Books (Malvern) p10
Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Lancashire and Cheshire (Malvern) p18
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p17 [slight]
Cullen, P.W. and Hordern, R., 1986, Castles of Cheshire (Crossbow Books) p10-11
Frodsham Local History Group, 1985, Discovering Old Frodsham p6
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p68
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p234
Thompson, P., 1980, Frodsham - The Archaeological Potential of a Town p5-6
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Ridgway, Maurice Hill, 1958, 'Medieval Castles' in Sylvester, D. and Nulty, G. (eds), The Historical Atlas of Cheshire (Cheshire Community Council) p24-5
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p172-3
Ormerod, G., 1882 [2edn], History of the County Palatine and city of Chester (London) Vol2 p53
Buck, Samuel and Nathenial, 1774, Buck’s Antiquities (London) Vol1 p19
Journal Articles
- Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1970, 'Castles in Wales and the Marches (Additions and corrections to lists published in 1963 and 1967)' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol119 p119-124
Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1967, 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches: a list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol116 p71-132
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