 he remains of Halton Castle overlook the village of Halton near Runcorn and Liverpool. The castle's curtain wall can still be seen. The gatehouse was once a courthouse but has now been converted into a hotel. This must have been a castle of some importance in medieval times.
his royal palace, less than 20 miles north of London, was the home of Queen Elizabeth I as a child and a favourite residence of hers later in life. Now part of Hatfield House, sections of the old palace can still be visited.
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Elizabeth returns leaves court
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Issues over religion and succession to the throne became too much for Elizabeth and she requested that she could leave court and return to Hertfordshire and to Hatfield (or Ashridge). Mary granted her request against the advice of her ministers who suspected Elizabeth was preparing to remove Mary from the throne. |
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his Augustinian priory dedicated to St. John the Evangelist was founded in around 1110 by William, a Norman lord of Clun and was later elevated to the status of Abbey. The substantial remains are located a few miles to the north east of Shrewsbury and are maintained by English-Heritage.
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 welsh castle supposed to have been built by Gilbert de Clare sometime in the twelfth century.
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castle was built at Hertford in around 910 by Edward the Elder. The castle was captured by Prince Louis and the rebel barons in the rebellion against King John.
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 n 1384 Sir John de Cobham was granted a license to crenellate his house, He built a fortified manor house surrounded by a moat. Major alterations were made to the castle in Tudor times by the Bullen family who bought it and added a Tudor dwelling within the walls. Anne Boleyn's father owned the castle and she lived there as a child. Later the castle passed into the hands of Henry's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves. Several different families then took ownership of the castle over the following centuries.
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he remains of a twelfth century keep in the middle of a field on private land. The castle can be seen from the side of the road.
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Places listed below are shown on the map at the bottom of this page.
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Haddon Castle
53.19417 -1.649717 (SK23506640)
Harbottle Castle
55.336662 -2.1068 (NT93300480)
Hastings Castle
50.85637 0.584471 (TQ82000950)
Haughley Castle
52.223 0.9645 (TM02406260)
Helmsey Castle
54.24535 -1.063873 (SE61108370)
Hinton Castle
51.6903 -1.457457 (SU37609920)
Holme Cultram Abbey
54.84522 -3.283165
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