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Charlton Castle
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Chorlton; Cherleton; Chorleton Castel on Terne; Cherlton
In the civil parish of Wrockwardine.
In the historic county of Shropshire (Modern Authority of Telford and Wrekin, 1974 county of Shropshire).
The site of a medieval fortified manor house, surviving only as fragments of walling and a moat and fishpond surviving as earthworks. John, Lord Charlton obtained a licence to crenellate in 1316.
This site has been described as a;
Masonry Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry footings remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1316 Nov 17.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ59761118
PastScape number;
70397
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001 (2edn), The Castles and Moated Mansions of Shropshire (Malvern) p33
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p219 [slight]
Jackson, M.J.,1988, Castles of Shropshire (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries) p16-17
Baugh, G.C. (ed), 1985, VCH Shropshire Vol11 p312 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=18188
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p433
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p207
Pevsner, N., 1958, The Buildings of England: Shropshire (London, Penguin) p95
Oman, Charles W.C., 1926, Castles (1978 edn Beetham House: New York) p133
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Wall [after Downham], 1908, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Shropshire Vol1 p405-6
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p407
Journal Articles
- 1987, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol65 p9
1982, Moated Sites Research Group Report 9 p36
1980, Medieval Village Research Group annual report Vol7 p53
Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1967, 'Masonry castles in Wales and the Marches: a list' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol116 p71-132
1949-50, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol53 p258-62
Eyton, R.W., 1887, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol10 p13
Guidebooks
- Calendar of Patent Rolls (1313-17) p566
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 (1313-17) p566
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/shropseng.html#shrops9]
Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p397, 399
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol5 p14
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