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Bridgnorth Town Defences
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Bridgenorth; Burgh; Cow Gate; Listley Gate; North Gate; West Gate; Hungary Gate; St Marys Gate; Whitburn Gate; Barrier Gate
In the civil parish of Bridgnorth.
In the historic county of Shropshire (Modern Authority of Shropshire, 1974 county of Shropshire).
The new settlement at Bridgnorth, to the north of the castle was surrounded initially, between 1216 and 1223, by a wooden stockade and moat. Grant of timber in 1220 follow soon after by grant of murage renewed until early C15. By Leland's time the town walls were in ruins. There were five gates in the town wall, constructed between 1256 and 1264, of these only the North Gate (Town gate of 1910 encasing structure of 1740 and thought to be on the site of the original medieval building.) survives.
This site has been described as a;
Urban Defence.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry footings remains.
This site is a
Grade 2 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 254384, 254462, 254493, 254342)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO71579332
PastScape number;
114682, 114849, 114837, 114840, 114852, 114834, 114843, 114857
Books
- Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p24, 83, 84, 88, 93, 243
Salter, Mike, 2001 (2edn), The Castles and Moated Mansions of Shropshire (Malvern) p25
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p210
Salter, Mike, 1993, Midlands Castles (Birmingham) p33
Bond, C.J., 1987, 'Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Defences' in Schofield, J. and Leech, R. (eds) Urban Archaeology in Britain (CBA Research Report) p92-116 [plan]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p435
Barley, M.W., 1975, 'Town Defences in England and Wales after 1066' in Barley (ed) Medieval Towns in England and Wales (CBA research reports) pp57-71
Trevor Rowley, 1972, The Shropshire Landscape (Hodder and Stoughton) p190
Turner, H.L., 1971, Town Defences in England and Wales (London) p201-2
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co) p240-1
Bellett, 1856, Antiquities of Bridgnorth (Bridgnorth) [history]
Journal Articles
- Croom, J.N., 1992, 'The topographical analysis of medieval town plans:the examples of Much Wenlock and Bridgnorth' Midland History Vol17 p16-38
Pitchford, W.W., 1937-8, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol49 p199-204
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
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