Brampton

In the civil parish of Brampton.
In the historic county of Huntingdonshire (Modern Authority of Cambridgeshire, 1974 county of Cambridgeshire).

Former royal residence and hunting lodge at Brampton documented in the reign of Henry, extant in 1251, but destroyed by floods by 1348. A favourite residence of Henry I, but largely ignored by the Plantagenet Kings. King John granted it to David, Earl of Huntingdon in 1202. The hall and other buildings are documented there in 1251, but it was stated in 1348 that it been destroyed by floods.

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

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL220705

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; 1393673

Books

Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p901-2
VCH Huntingdon Vol3 p13-14

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