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Higham Ferrers Castle
In the civil parish of Higham Ferrers.
In the historic county of Northamptonshire (Modern Authority of Northamptonshire, 1974 county of Northamptonshire).
The incomplete remains of a medieval castle are evident as a bank and a large L-shaped pond. The pond is believed to be the last vestiges of a water-filled moat. The castle was probably built in the late C11 and documentary sources assert that is was in a neglected state by the late C15. It was demolished in 1523. Records show that the castle also had a garden, dovecote and a fishpond. Part of the ramparts have been used as a rabbit warren and it is thought that the defences were probably never completed.
This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Masonry 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 SP96136871
PastScape number;
347012
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p76
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p183
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p319
RCHME, 1975, An inventory of the historical monuments in the County of Northampton. Vol1: North East Northamptonshire (HMSO) p55-6 and plates 8, 9
Brown, 1974, in Northamptonshire Past and Present Vol5 p79-84
Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p681
Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1961, Buildings of England: Northamptonshire (Penguin) p246
Beresford, Maurice, 1957, History on the ground: six studies in maps and landscapes (London, Lutterworth Press)
Page, Wm (ed), 1930, VCH Northampton Vol3 p266-269
Kerr, 1925, Higham Ferrers, its Ducal and Royal Castle (Northampton) esp 98-123
Bridges, John, 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northampshire (Oxford) Vol2 p169-70
Journal Articles
- Taylor, C.C., 1974, Medieval Archaeology
Parsons, D. and Brown, A.E., 1967, Bulletin of the Northamptonshire Federation of Archaeological Societies Vol2 p25
1815, Gentleman's Magazine pt1 p393
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
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