Kingston Upon Thames Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Moreford, Kenington, Warwick Castle

In the civil parish of Kingston Upon Thames.
In the historic county of Surrey (Modern Authority of London Borough of Kingston Upon Thames, 1974 county of Greater London).

PastScape record reads "Site of Warwick Castle, extant in 1264 and into C15." Presumably this is the castle of Gibert de Clare taken by the king in 1264. What is the reason for this being called Warwick castle? What is the reason for this historically documented castle being missed from the usual sources? Is this the 'Goseford' castle recorded on the mappa mundi list (qv)? If extant in 1264 and into C15 then presumably masonry, but the de Clare's did not hold the manor (it was free borough) and the castle may have been a temporary work of the Baron's War.

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ18136926

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; 397547

Books

Clinch and Montgomerie, 1911, Malden, H.E. (ed), VCH Surrey Vol3 p488 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43013
Walford, E., 1898, Greater London p299
Lysons, Daniel, 1792, The Environs of London: vol1 County of Surrey p212 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45379

Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)

Hemingburgh Chron. (Eng. Hist. Soc. ii, 323)

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

William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/barkseng.html#surrey6]

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