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Corfham Castle
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Cortham; Corvesham
In the civil parish of Diddlebury.
In the historic county of Shropshire (Modern Authority of Shropshire, 1974 county of Shropshire).
Ringwork and other earthworks remain of castle which received masonry, probably in 1220's. PastScape report reads "Medieval moated site and water management system surviving as an earthwork. Remains of large rectangular building with probably four circular corner towers. Site of chapel and alleged site of deserted village."
This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Masonry Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SO525850
PastScape number;
111237
- Web site links
- Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001 (2edn), The Castles and Moated Mansions of Shropshire (Malvern) p40
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p476
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p219 [slight]
Jackson, M.J.,1988, Castles of Shropshire (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries) p21-2
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p424
Oman, Charles W.C., 1926, Castles (1978 edn Beetham House: New York) p134
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Wall [after Downham], 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Shropshire Vol1 p406-7
- Journal Articles
- Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1967, 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches: a list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol116 p71-132
1965, Shropshire Archaeological Society Newsletter Vol28 p2
Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1963, 'Early castles in Wales and the Marches: a preliminary list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol112 p77-124
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) p249-280]
1929-30, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol45 p11
1892, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol4 p299-300
1889-90, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol13 p15-16
- Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
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