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Elmley Castle
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Almelege; Emly; Elmsley
In the civil parish of Elmley Castle.
In the historic county of Worcestershire (Modern Authority of Worcestershire, 1974 county of Hereford and Worcester).
Earthwork remains of two superimposed Iron Age hillforts modified by a Medieval ringwork or motte and bailey. The Medieval castle is said to have been built by Robert le Despenser circa 1080, and until 1396 was the chief seat of the Beauchamp family. It seems to have been habitable until 1528, but in 1544 was roofless and in a state of decay. Minor excavations located the probable site of the Keep. There is an attached Medieval deer park and college of secular priests or chantry chapel. Leland records seeing carts of stone been taken from the castle to mend Pershore Bridge.
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 SO979402
PastScape number;
118105
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2000, The Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire (Malvern) p78
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p278-9
Salter, Mike, 1993, Midlands Castles (Birmingham) p46
Higham, R. and Barker, P., 1992, Timber Castles (Batsford) p200
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p507
Fry, P.S., 1980, Castles of the British Isles (David and Charles) p227
Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
Knowles, David and Hadcock, R Neville, 1971, Medieval religious houses in England and Wales (Longman) p414, 425
Montgomerie, 1924, in Page, Wm and Willis-Bund, J.W. (eds), VCH, Worcester Vol4 p431-3
Page, Wm and Willis-Bund, J.W. (eds), 1913, VCH, Worcester Vol3 p339-40
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Mackenzie, J.D., 1897, Castles of England (Heinemann) Vol1 p382-3
Bennett, 1865, History of Elmley Castle
Journal Articles
- Thompson, M.W., 1986, 'Associated monasteries and castles in the Middle Ages: a tentative list' Archaeological Journal Vol143 p318
Bond, C.J. and Aston, M., 1970, CBA Group 8: West Midlands Research Committees reports Vol13 p25-6
Dyer, 1965-6, University of Birmingham Historical Journal Vol10 p88-9
Hilton, 1965-6, University of Birmingham Historical Journal Vol10 p78-87
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]
1928, 'Proceedings at the Spring Meeting at Ashchurch, Woollas Hall, Pershore and Elmley Castle, 21 May 1928' Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society Vol50 p6
Jeffery, 1911-13, Worcestershire Naturalists Club Vol5 p447-50 [poor history]
Bennett, 1876, Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol32 p203-9 [weak history]
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/warkseng.html#worcs8]
Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p517
Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol4 p136, Vol5 p9
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