Malton Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; The Lodge

In the civil parish of Malton.
In the historic county of Yorkshire North Riding (Modern Authority of North Yorkshire, 1974 county of North Yorkshire).

Scant traces of castle on or near to site of Roman fort. Said to have had a motte. First mentioned 1138, when taken, dismantled 1214, later rebuilt. Taken by Robert De Brus in 1322 and used as a raiding base, before being destroyed in the same year.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SE790716

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; 59875

• Web site links
  • http://www.castleuk.net/castle_lists_north/100/maltoncastle.htm
• Books
  • Jackson, M.J., 2001, Castles of North Yorkshire (Carlise) p40-1
    Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Yorkshire (Malvern) p58
    Ingham, Bernard, 2001, Bernard Ingham's Yorkshire Castles (Dalesman) p20
    Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p301 [slight]
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p521
    Robinson, J.F., 1978, The Archaeology of Malton and Norton (Leeds: Yorkshire Archaeological Society)
    Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker) p239
    Pevsner, N., 1966. The Buildings of England: Yorkshire, North Riding (London) p236
    Hudleston, N., 1962, History of Malton and Norton
    Illingworth, J.L., 1938 (republished 1970), Yorkshire's Ruined Castles (Wakefield) p128-9
    Page, Wm (ed), 1914, VCH York, North Riding Vol1 p529-30
    Page, Wm (ed), 1913, VCH York Vol3 p398, 401
    Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
    Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol2 p234
    Whellan T, 1859, History and Topography of the City of York and the North Riding of Yorkshire Vol210-1
    Bigland, J., 1812, Beauties of England and Wales Vol16 p263-5
• Journal Articles
  • Thompson, M.W., 1986, 'Associated monasteries and castles in the Middle Ages: a tentative list' Archaeological Journal Vol143 p315
    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)] p272
    I'Anson, W.M., 1913, 'The castles of the North Riding' Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Vol22 p362
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/yorkseng.html#yorks49]
    Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p543
    Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol1 p57