Newport, Shropshire

In the civil parish of Newport.
In the historic county of Shropshire (Modern Authority of Telford and Wrekin, 1974 county of Shropshire).

Mentioned once by Leland in a list of castle. There are no visible remains or tradition of a castle here. PastScape reports site of probable former manor house at SJ746186 which is a possible location for this possible castle.

This site has been described as a;
Uncertain.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Questionable.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ7419

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 73903

Books

Jackson, M.J.,1988, Castles of Shropshire (Shrewsbury: Shropshire Libraries) p44
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p435 [possible]
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p396
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol5 p13

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