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Trentham Castle
Hob Uid: 75996
Location : Staffordshire Stafford Swynnerton
Grid Ref : SJ8660041100
Summary : The alleged site of a castle mentioned in the Pipe Rolls of 1168, based on the name Castle Field which appears on an estate map of 1714.
More information : "Castello de Trentham" occurs in the Pipe Roll of 1168. (1) Burne suggests that the site of the Trentham Castle mentioned in the Pipe Rolls is shown by the name "Castle Field" which appears on an estate map of 1714, in the possession of "Mr Menzies". It was the name given to a large open arable field now sub-divided and enclosed. "The map shows that this field stretched NE from the river in the direction of the Institute (SJ 86734115) and beyond it." (2)

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Source details : "Collections for a History of Staf" - Wm Salt AS 1 1880 57 (Rev R W Eyton)
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Source Number : 2
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Source details : (S A H Burne)
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Vol(s) : 47 - 1912-13

Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Castle
Evidence : Documentary Evidence

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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SJ 84 SE 22
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