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Malmesbury Castle
In the civil parish of Malmesbury.
In the historic county of Wiltshire (Modern Authority of Wiltshire, 1974 county of Wiltshire).
The castle built by Roger, Bishop of Salisbury, in 1118 was recorded as being 'not a stone's throw away from the Abbey', although by 1977 its site had not yet been verified by excavation. Documentary research shows it to have occupied the site of the cloisters and the area northwest of the Abbey, in the grounds of the Bell Hotel. Part of the curtain wall also survives. Twenty pounds were spent on the castle walls in 1173-4, but in 1216 the monks were given permission to dispose of the site. Some remains may still have existed in 1643, when there was a Royalist garrison in Malmesbury.
This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry footings remains.
This site is a
Grade 1 listed
building protected by law*. (Images
of England number 460674, 460917)
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is ST93228734
PastScape number;
212605, 212661
Books
- Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses Vol3 (Cambridge) p627-9
Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of Wessex (Malvern) p95
Thompson, M.W., 1998, Medieval bishops' houses in England and Wales (Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing) p88, 90, 184
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p278 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p502
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p259
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker) p239
Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p734
Pevsner, N., 1963, The Buildings of England: Wiltshire (London, Penguin) p295
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p228
Timbs, J. and Gunn, A., 1872, Abbeys, Castles and Ancient Halls of England and Wales Vol2 (London) p4
Journal Articles
- 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]
Brown, R. Allen, 1955, 'Royal Castle-building in England 1154-1216' English Historical Review Vol70 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press)] pp19-64
Rees, 1945, Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine Vol51 p184-7
Brakspear, H., 1912-3, Archaeologia Vol64 p400
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
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