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Quadrangular castle

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A quadrangular castle or courtyard castle is a type of castle characterised by ranges of buildings which are integral with the curtain walls, enclosing a central ward or quadrangle, and typically with angle towers. [1]

103 relations: Aberdeenshire, Antony Bek (bishop of Durham), Bailey (castle), Baron Lovel, Beverston Castle, Bodiam Castle, Bolton Castle, Cambridgeshire, Castle, Caverswall Castle, Cawood Castle, Chillingham Castle, Clan Cumming, Conflagration, Cooling Castle, Cotswold District, County Durham, Cumbria, Curtain wall (fortification), Demolition, East Riding of Yorkshire, East Sussex, Eden District, Edward Dalyngrigge, Edward III of England, Edward Poynings, Farleigh Hungerford Castle, Folkestone & Hythe District, Ford Castle, Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys, Fyvie Castle, Gatehouse, Greys Court, Greystoke Castle, Guy de Bryan, 1st Baron Bryan, Hartley Castle, Hemyock Castle, Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland, Henry Yevele, Hever Castle, Hever, Kent, Highland (council area), House of Neville, Inverlochy Castle, John de Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham, John de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Rotherfield, John Kemp, John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, John Vanbrugh, Keep, ..., Kent, Licence to crenellate, Lumley Castle, Marmaduke Lumley, Maurice de Gaunt, Maxstoke Castle, Medway, Mendip, Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk, Mid Devon, Mid Suffolk, Moor End Castle, Neuleiningen Castle, North Kesteven, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire, Northumberland, Offensive (military), Quadrangle (architecture), Raby Castle, Ralph Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley, Ravensworth Castle (Tyne and Wear), Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham, Richard le Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton, Richmondshire, Ryedale, Scheduled monument, Selby District, Sheriff Hutton Castle, Shirburn Castle, Siege, Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet, Slighting, Somerton Castle, South Oxfordshire, Staffordshire Moorlands, Starborough Castle, Surrey, Survey (archaeology), The Archaeological Journal, Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley, Thomas Hungerford (Speaker), Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, Tower, Tyne and Wear, Warwickshire, West Dorset, Westenhanger Castle, William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon, William de Greystoke, 2nd Baron Greystoke, Wingfield Castle, Woodcroft Castle, Wressle Castle. Expand index (53 more) »

Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire (Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.

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Antony Bek (bishop of Durham)

Antony Bek (also spelled Beck and Beke; died 3 March 1311) was a medieval bishop of Durham.

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Bailey (castle)

A bailey or ward in a fortification is a courtyard enclosed by a curtain wall.

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Baron Lovel

There have been four baronies and one viscountcy created in the name of Lovel or Lovell.

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Beverston Castle

Beverston Castle, also known as Beverstone Castle or Tetbury Castle, was constructed as a medieval stone fortress in the village of Beverston, Gloucestershire, England.

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Bodiam Castle

Bodiam Castle is a 14th-century moated castle near Robertsbridge in East Sussex, England.

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Bolton Castle

Bolton Castle is a 14th-century castle located in Wensleydale, Yorkshire, England.

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Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.), is an East Anglian county in England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west.

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Castle

A castle (from castellum) is a type of fortified structure built during the Middle Ages by predominantly the nobility or royalty and by military orders.

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Caverswall Castle

Caverswall Castle is a privately owned early 17th-century English mansion built in a castellar style upon the foundations and within the walls of a 13th-century medieval castle.

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Cawood Castle

Cawood Castle is a grade I listed building in Cawood, a village in North Yorkshire, England.

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Chillingham Castle

Chillingham Castle is a medieval castle in the village of Chillingham, Northumberland in the northern part of Northumberland, England.

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Clan Cumming

Clan Cumming, (Na Cuimeinich) also known as Clan Comyn, is a Scottish clan from the central Highlands that played a major role in the history of 13th-century Scotland and in the Wars of Scottish Independence.

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Conflagration

A conflagration is a large and destructive fire that threatens human life, animal life, health, and/or property.

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Cooling Castle

Cooling Castle is a 14th-century quadrangular castle in the village of Cooling, Kent on the Hoo Peninsula about north of Rochester.

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Cotswold District

Cotswold is a local government district in Gloucestershire in England.

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County Durham

County Durham (locally) is a county in North East England.

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Cumbria

Cumbria is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in North West England.

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Curtain wall (fortification)

A curtain wall is a defensive wall between two towers (bastions) of a castle, fortress, or town.

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Demolition

Demolition or razing is the tearing down of buildings and other man-made structures.

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East Riding of Yorkshire

The East Riding of Yorkshire, or simply East Yorkshire, is a ceremonial county in the North of England.

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East Sussex

East Sussex is a county in South East England.

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Eden District

Eden is a local government district in Cumbria, England.

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Edward Dalyngrigge

Sir Edward Dalyngrigge (1346 – August 1393) was a 14th-century knight who built Bodiam Castle in Sussex, England.

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Edward III of England

Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was King of England and Lord of Ireland from January 1327 until his death; he is noted for his military success and for restoring royal authority after the disastrous and unorthodox reign of his father, Edward II.

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Edward Poynings

Sir Edward Poynings KG (1459 – 22 October 1521) was an English soldier, administrator and diplomat, and Lord Deputy of Ireland under King Henry VII of England.

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Farleigh Hungerford Castle

Farleigh Hungerford Castle, sometimes called Farleigh Castle or Farley Castle, is a medieval castle in Farleigh Hungerford, Somerset, England.

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Folkestone & Hythe District

Folkestone & Hythe is a local government district in Kent, England, in the south-east of the county.

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Ford Castle

Ford Castle is a Grade I listed building situated at a shallow crossing point on the River Till, Ford, Northumberland, England.

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Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys

Francis Knollys, 1st Viscount Knollys, (16 July 1837 – 15 August 1924) was a British courtier.

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Fyvie Castle

Fyvie Castle is a castle in the village of Fyvie, near Turriff in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

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Gatehouse

A gatehouse is a building enclosing or accompanying a gateway for a town, religious house, castle, manor house, or other buildings of importance.

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Greys Court

Greys Court is a Tudor country house and gardens in the southern Chiltern Hills at Rotherfield Greys, near Henley-on-Thames in the county of Oxfordshire, England.

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Greystoke Castle

Greystoke Castle is in the village of Greystoke west of Penrith in the county of Cumbria in northern England.

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Guy de Bryan, 1st Baron Bryan

Guy de Bryan, 1st Baron Bryan, KG (born before 1319, died 17 August 1390) was an English military commander and Admiral.

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Hartley Castle

Hartley Castle was a castle near Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria.

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Hemyock Castle

Hemyock Castle is a ruined 14th-century castle in the village of Hemyock, Devon, England.

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Henry Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland

Henry Algernon Percy, 5th Earl of Northumberland, KG (13 January 1477 – 19 May 1527) was an English nobleman and a member of the courts of both Kings Henry VII and Henry VIII.

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Henry Yevele

Henry Yevele (c.1320-1400) was the most prolific and successful master mason active in late medieval England.

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Hever Castle

Hever Castle is located in the village of Hever, Kent, near Edenbridge, south-east of London, England.

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Hever, Kent

Hever village is a village and civil parish in the Sevenoaks District of Kent, England.

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Highland (council area)

Highland (A' Ghàidhealtachd;, Heilan) is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in the United Kingdom.

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House of Neville

The House of Neville (also the House of Nevill) is a noble house of early medieval origin, which was a leading force in English politics in the later Middle Ages.

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Inverlochy Castle

Inverlochy Castle is a ruined, 13th-century castle near Inverlochy and Fort William, Highland, Scotland.

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John de Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham

John de Cobham, 3rd Baron Cobham (died 10 January 1408) was the son of John de Cobham, 2nd Baron Cobham and Joan de Beauchamp.

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John de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Rotherfield

John de Grey, 2nd Baron Grey de Rotherfield, KG (9 October 1300 – September 1359) was an English soldier and courtier.

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John Kemp

John Kemp (c. 1380 – 22 March 1454) was a medieval English cardinal, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Lord Chancellor of England.

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John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby

John Neville, 3rd Baron Neville de Raby, (c.1337 – 17 October 1388) was an English peer and soldier.

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John Vanbrugh

Sir John Vanbrugh (24 January 1664 (baptised) – 26 March 1726) was an English architect and dramatist, perhaps best known as the designer of Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard.

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Keep

A keep (from the Middle English kype) is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility.

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Kent

Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties.

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Licence to crenellate

In medieval England, Wales and the Channel Islands a licence to crenellate (or licence to fortify) granted the holder permission to fortify their property.

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Lumley Castle

Lumley Castle is a 14th-century quadrangular castle at Chester-le-Street in the North of England, near to the city of Durham and a property of the Earl of Scarbrough.

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Marmaduke Lumley

Marmaduke Lumley (died 1450) was an English priest, Bishop of Carlisle from 1429 to 1450, and Knight Commander of the Order of St.

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Maurice de Gaunt

Maurice de Gaunt (died 1230) was the founder of Beverston Castle in Gloucestershire, England.

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Maxstoke Castle

Maxstoke Castle is a privately owned moated castle dating from medieval times situated to the north of Maxstoke, Warwickshire, England.

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Medway

Medway is a conurbation and unitary authority in Kent in the region of South East England.

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Mendip

Mendip is a local government district of Somerset in England.

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Michael de la Pole, 1st Earl of Suffolk

Michael de la Pole, 1st Baron de la Pole, later 1st Earl of Suffolk (c. 1330 – 5 September 1389) was an English financier and Lord Chancellor of England.

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Mid Devon

Mid Devon is a local government district in Devon, England.

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Mid Suffolk

Mid Suffolk is a local government district in Suffolk, England.

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Moor End Castle

The site of Moor End Castle (historically known as Moreende) is situated opposite Moor End Farm, along Moor End Road in the civil parish of Yardley Gobion, within the historic county of Northamptonshire (the Modern Authority of Northamptonshire, the pre-Local Government Act 1972 county of Northamptonshire).

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Neuleiningen Castle

Neuleiningen Castle is a ruin on the eastern edge of the Palatinate Forest in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany in the municipality of Neuleiningen in the Bad Dürkheim district.

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North Kesteven

North Kesteven is a local government district in the East Midlands.

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North Yorkshire

North Yorkshire is a non-metropolitan county (or shire county) and larger ceremonial county in England.

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Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire (abbreviated Northants.), archaically known as the County of Northampton, is a county in the East Midlands of England.

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Northumberland

Northumberland (abbreviated Northd) is a county in North East England.

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Offensive (military)

An offensive is a military operation that seeks through aggressive projection of armed force to occupy territory, gain an objective or achieve some larger strategic, operational, or tactical goal.

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Quadrangle (architecture)

In architecture, a quadrangle (or colloquially, a quad) is a space or courtyard, usually rectangular (square or oblong) in plan, the sides of which are entirely or mainly occupied by parts of a large building (or several smaller buildings).

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Raby Castle

Raby Castle is near Staindrop in County Durham, England, among of deer park.

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Ralph Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley

Ralph Lumley, 1st Baron Lumley (died January 1400) was an English nobleman, soldier and administrator under King Richard II, who was stripped of his lands, goods and title for rebelling against King Henry IV and executed.

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Ravensworth Castle (Tyne and Wear)

Ravensworth Castle is a ruinous Grade II* listed building and a Scheduled Ancient Monument situated at Lamesley, Tyne and Wear, England.

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Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham

Reginald de Cobham, 1st Baron Cobham, KG (c.1295–1361) was a medieval English knight and diplomat.

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Richard le Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton

Richard le Scrope, 1st Baron Scrope of Bolton (1327 – 1403) was an English soldier and courtier, serving Richard II of England.

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Richmondshire

Richmondshire is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England.

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Ryedale

Ryedale is a non-metropolitan district of the shire county of North Yorkshire in England.

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Scheduled monument

In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a "nationally important" archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.

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Selby District

Selby District is a local government district of North Yorkshire, England.

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Sheriff Hutton Castle

Sheriff Hutton Castle is a quadrangular castle in the village of Sheriff Hutton, North Yorkshire, England.

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Shirburn Castle

Shirburn Castle is at the village of Shirburn, south of Thame, Oxfordshire.

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Siege

A siege is a military blockade of a city, or fortress, with the intent of conquering by attrition, or a well-prepared assault.

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Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet

Sir Richard Musgrave, 1st Baronet (1585 - 6 November 1615) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1604 to 1611.

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Slighting

Slighting is the destruction, partial or complete, of a fortification without opposition, to render it unusable as a fortress.

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Somerton Castle

Somerton Castle is located approximately one mile west of the village of Boothby Graffoe in Lincolnshire, England and to the south of the city of Lincoln, England.

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South Oxfordshire

South Oxfordshire is a local government district in the ceremonial county of Oxfordshire, England.

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Staffordshire Moorlands

Staffordshire Moorlands is a local government district in Staffordshire, England.

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Starborough Castle

Starborough Castle, known historically as Sterborough Castle, is a Neo-Gothic garden house of dressed sandstone near the eastern boundary of Surrey, built in 1754 by Sir James Burrow.

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Surrey

Surrey is a county in South East England, and one of the home counties.

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Survey (archaeology)

In archaeology, survey or field survey is a type of field research by which archaeologists (often landscape archaeologists) search for archaeological sites and collect information about the location, distribution and organization of past human cultures across a large area (e.g. typically in excess of one hectare, and often in excess of many km2).

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The Archaeological Journal

The Archaeological Journal is a peer-reviewed academic journal for archaeological and architectural reports and articles.

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Thomas de Berkeley, 3rd Baron Berkeley

Thomas de Berkeley (c. 1293 or 1296 – 27 October 1361), The Rich, feudal baron of Berkeley, of Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire, England, was a peer.

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Thomas Hungerford (Speaker)

Sir Thomas de Hungerford (died 3 December 1397) of Farleigh Castle in Wiltshire, was the first person to be recorded in the rolls of the Parliament of England as holding the office of Speaker of the House of Commons of England,Lee Vol 28, pp.

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Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester

Thomas Percy, 1st Earl of Worcester, KG (1343 – 23 July 1403) was an English medieval nobleman best known for leading the rebellion with his nephew Henry Percy, known as 'Harry Hotspur', and his elder brother, Henry Percy, 1st Earl of Northumberland.

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Tower

A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant margin.

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Tyne and Wear

Tyne and Wear is a metropolitan county in the North East region of England around the mouths of the rivers Tyne and Wear.

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Warwickshire

Warwickshire (abbreviated Warks) is a landlocked county in the West Midlands of England.

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West Dorset

West Dorset is a local government district and parliamentary constituency in Dorset, England.

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Westenhanger Castle

Westenhanger Castle is a fortified manor house once owned by royalty, located next to Westenhanger railway station and the grandstand of Folkestone Racecourse in Kent.

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William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon

William de Clinton, 1st Earl of Huntingdon (c.1304 – 31 October 1354) and Lord High Admiral, was the younger son of John de Clinton, 1st Baron Clinton (d.1312/13) of Maxstoke Castle, Warwickshire, and Ida De Odingsells who was the granddaughter of Ida II Longespee.

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William de Greystoke, 2nd Baron Greystoke

William de Greystoke, 2nd Baron Greystoke, (6 January 1321 – 10 July 1359) of Greystoke in Cumbria, was an English peer and landowner.

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Wingfield Castle

Wingfield Castle, Wingfield, Suffolk, England was the ancestral home of the Wingfield family and their heirs, the De La Poles, Earls and Dukes of Suffolk, but is now a private house.

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Woodcroft Castle

Woodcroft Castle is a moated medieval castle in the parish of Etton, Cambridgeshire, England.

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Wressle Castle

Wressle Castle is a ruined palace-fortress in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England, built for Thomas Percy in the 1390s.

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References

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