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| Name: | CASTLE built 1221 |
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| HER No.: | 185 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Summary
The site of a castle built in 1221. After demolition, occupied by a moated site known as The Court House.
Full Description
The probable site of a castle built in 1221 by Faulke de Breaute. Documents from the Assive at Dunstable in 1224 record that he was said to have dammed the river unlawfully, presumably for the moat around the castle, resulting in flooding to surrounding property. The area of the castle seems to have covered most of the area between St Mary's Church to the north and Lea Road to the south, with the River Lea at its eastern end and St Ann's Road to the west. The castle was subsequently demolished and the Court House built in the southern corner of the castle area. This was a moated house, probably reusing part of the castle moat, and was apparently still standing in 1611.
Protected Status: None recorded
Monument Types
- CASTLE (13th Century to 16th Century - 1221 AD to 1539 AD?)
- MOAT (13th Century to Post Medieval - 1221 AD to 1900 AD)
- MANOR (14th Century to 16th Century - 1300 AD? to 1599 AD)
Associated Finds: None recorded
Associated Events: None recorded
Sources and Further Reading
| --- | SBD10681 - Serial: Bedfordshire Historical Record Society. Vol 9, 1925, p 59 |
| --- | SBD10807 - Unpublished document: Bedford Museum. OS 6" map annotated by Kuhlicke |
| --- | SBD10879 - Unpublished document: OS: TL 02. TL 02 SE 22 |
| --- | SBD10887 - Bibliographic reference: F Davis. 1855. History of Luton. pp 7-8; map, p 144 |
| --- | SBD10898 - Bibliographic reference: W Austin. 1928. History of Luton. Pt 1, pp 101-102 |
| --- | SBD10900 - Bibliographic reference: J Dyer, F Stygall, J Dony. 1964. The Story of Luton. pp 63-64 |
| --- | SBD10922 - Bibliographic reference: J Nicholls. 1780-1797. Biblioteca Topographica Britannica. p 53 |
| --- | SBD10952 - Unpublished document: Luton Museum. 1972: TL 095 211 |
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