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Moor End Castle, Yardley Godion
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Moreende
In the civil parish of Yardley Gobion.
In the historic county of Northamptonshire (Modern Authority of Northamptonshire, 1974 county of Northamptonshire).
Earthwork remains of a Medieval moat and fishponds. The are no structural remains of the castle, although remains were dug up in 1852. A licence to crenellate was issued in 1347 to Thomas Ferrers, and in 1363 Edward III obtained it. Between 1363 and 1369 much building was done. A royal chamber, a chapel, and other buildings and repair of several towers, the wall, the old chamber, and inner and outer gates, are recorded. It was in royal hands during C15, but its subsequent history is uncertain. The moated site survives as an island surrounded by a water-filled ditch between 17m and 25m wide on the south west, north west and north east and by a large pond 50m by 90m on the south east. A dry ditch 8m wide and up to 1m deep to the north east of the moat appears to be a former leat which carried water round the site, possibly to a mill at its south east end.
This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1347 March 20.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP75444462
PastScape number;
343110
Books
- Riden, Philip and Insley, Charles (eds), 2002, 'Potterspury' VCH Northamptonshire Vol5 p289-345 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=22789
Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p77
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p183
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p319
RCHME, 1982, An inventory of the historical monuments in the County of Northampton. Vol4: South-west Northamptonshire (HMSO) p175
Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p742-3
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p414
Journal Articles
- Pretty, E., 1852, Journal of the British Archaeological Association p111
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls (1345-48) p270
Calendar of Close Rolls (1346-9) p222 [an order to deliver the charter without taking any fee]
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