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| Name: | Siege of Worcester, 1150 |
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| HER Reference: | WCM98631 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | SO 850 544 |
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| Map Sheet: | SO85SE |
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| Parish: | Worcester (Non Civil Parish), Worcester City, Worcestershire |
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Monument Types
- BATTLEFIELD (12TH CENTURY AD to Unknown - 1150 AD)
Full description
'King Stephen captured and burnt the city in 1150, but failed to take the castle. Next year he again attacked the castle 'with all his strength' and constructed two forts to overcome it, one on Red Hill (WCM 96635) and the other, on Henwick Hill (WCM 96634), 'but as the habit of the king was to start something strenuously and carry it out sluggishly, by the skill of the Earl of Leicester the king's siege forts were destroyed and the besieged skilfully rescued'.{1}
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Article in serial: Beardsmore, C. 1980. Documentary evidence for the history of Worcester city defences. Trans Worcestershire Archaeol Soc. 3rd ser, 7. |
Related records
| WCM96634 | Parent of: King Stephen's Mount (Monument) |
| WCM96635 | Parent of: Possible castle or fort, Bath Road area (Monument) |
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