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Dawley Castle
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Dalileye; Delaley
In the civil parish of Dawley Hamlets.
In the historic county of Shropshire (Modern Authority of Telford and Wrekin, 1974 county of Shropshire).
Probably fortified manor house. William Morton obtained a licence to crenellate in 1316.
This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1316 Nov 17.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ68810624
PastScape number;
71886
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001 (2edn), The Castles and Moated Mansions of Shropshire (Malvern) p41
Emery, Anthony, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses Vol2 (Cambridge) p476
Salter, Mike, 1993, Midlands Castles (Birmingham) p40
Jackson, M.J.,1988, Castles of Shropshire (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries) p23
Baugh, G.C. (ed), 1985, VCH Shropshire Vol11 p113
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p433
Auden, J.E., 1912, Little Guide to Shropshire p113
Anderson, J.C., 1864 (2edn 1972), Shropshire, Its Early History and Antiquities p142
Edwards, E., 1858, Notes on the Castellated Structures of Shropshire p22
Journal Articles
- 1987, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol65 p4
1912, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol2 p1
1910, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol10 p94n, 96
1901, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol1 p70
1895, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol7 p127
1886, Transactions of the Shropshire Archaeological and Historical Society Vol9 p168
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)
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