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Stourton Castle was evidently 'the King's Houses' in Kinver during the reign of King Henry II. [2] It was called a castle in 1122. By that time, the castle and the manor of Kinver and Stourton, together with the custody of the forest of Kinver were held by John son of Philip at a fee farm rent of £9. The king resumed possession of the manor in ...
Stourton Castle, home of the lords of Kinver. From 1184-96, the sheriff accounted for digging a ditch around the lodge, and rebuilding works. The latter included a timber hall, offices, gaol kitchen and gate. A palisade was added to the ditch, and fishponds dug. By 1222 it had become known as Stourton Castle, and it was fortified 1222-3.
Stourton Castle was evidently 'the King's Houses' in Kinver during the reign of King Henry II. It was called a castle in 1122. By that time, the castle and the manor of Kinver and Stourton, together with the custody of the forest of Kinver were held by John son of Philip at a fee farm rent of £9. The king resumed possession of the manor in ...
Jun 6, 2021 · Now the Stourton Castle that can be located in Staffordshire was believed to be a medieval hunting lodge dating from the reign of King William II. It was called a castle in 1122. By that time, the castle and the manor of Kinver and Stourton, together with the custody of the forest of Kinver were held by John son of Philip at a fee-farm rent of just £9!
Oct 26, 2010 · Stourton, England, BA12 6QF United Kingdom 51.1050, -2.3156 View on Google Maps . ... Castle Cary Round House. One of the best-preserved examples of an old town lock-up in the country.
Stourhead (/ ˈstaʊərhɛd /) [1] is a 1,072-hectare (2,650-acre) estate [2] at the source of the River Stour in the southwest of the English county of Wiltshire, extending into Somerset. The estate is about 4 km (21⁄2 mi) northwest of the town of Mere and includes a Grade I listed 18th-century Neo-Palladian mansion, the village of Stourton ...
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Alfred's Tower is a monument to the genius of English landscape, many of whose loveliest haunts it commands, and to a man who certainly deserves to be remembered as among the great benefactors of the English scene. In 1765, Henry Flitcroft, a Palladian architect, designed the tower. [ 6 ] Building began in 1769 or early 1770, and was completed ...
