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Name:Castlethorpe Castle
HER Number:MMK655
Type of record:Place
Grid Reference:SP 798 445
Map Sheet:SP74SE
Location:Castlethorpe, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire
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Summary - not yet available

Monument Types

  • MOTTE AND BAILEY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

1) At Castlethorpe was the castle of the Barony of Hanslope. Its owner, Wlm Maudit, had it garrisoned against the King, for which it was demolished in 1217. Are traces of very extensive buildings (b1(1813)).
2) Built as a manorial stronghold C12th by Wlm Maudit (b4);
3) Demolished 1215 (b6).


B Giggins - Chronology of Grafton Regis (Document). SMK4638.


SAM Correspondence file PS/537/2/4 (Correspondence). SMK4667.


<01> LYSONS D & S 1813 MAGNA BRITANNIA P533 (Document). SMK858.


<02> LIPSCOMB 4 P89 (Document). SMK859.


<03> PARKER J H 1859 DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE PT2 (APPENDI X SUMMARISING PATENT ROLLS) (Document). SMK860.


<04> VCH BUCKS 4 PP348-50 (Bibliographic reference). SMK861.


<05> RCHM BUCKS 2 PP80-82 (Document). SMK862.


<06> RENN D F 1968 NORMAN CASTLES IN BRITAIN P200 (Document). SMK863.


<07> BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER,1963 (Document). SMK2908.


<08> OS RECORD CARD,SP74 SE1 (NOT RETAINED) (Document). SMK864.


<09> SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS APRIL 1950/ENGLISH HERITAGE NOVEMBER 1992 (Document). SMK865.


<10> MR WEST (11 SOUTH STREET, CASTLETHORPE) TO FARLEY M E (BCM) 1975 (Document). SMK866.


<11> D BONNER 1995 ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE MEDIEVAL EARTHWORKS AT CASTLETHORPE (BCMAS REPORT NO. 362, FILED) (Document). SMK4137.

Sources and further reading

---SMK4638 - Document: B Giggins - Chronology of Grafton Regis.
---SMK4667 - Correspondence: SAM Correspondence file PS/537/2/4.
<01>SMK858 - Document: LYSONS D & S 1813 MAGNA BRITANNIA P533.
<02>SMK859 - Document: LIPSCOMB 4 P89.
<03>SMK860 - Document: PARKER J H 1859 DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE PT2 (APPENDI X SUMMARISING PATENT ROLLS).
<04>SMK861 - Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 4 PP348-50.
<05>SMK862 - Document: RCHM BUCKS 2 PP80-82.
<06>SMK863 - Document: RENN D F 1968 NORMAN CASTLES IN BRITAIN P200.
<07>SMK2908 - Document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER,1963.
<08>SMK864 - Document: OS RECORD CARD,SP74 SE1 (NOT RETAINED).
<09>SMK865 - Document: SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS APRIL 1950/ENGLISH HERITAGE NOVEMBER 1992.
<10>SMK866 - Document: MR WEST (11 SOUTH STREET, CASTLETHORPE) TO FARLEY M E (BCM) 1975.
<11>SMK4137 - Document: D BONNER 1995 ARCHAEOLOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS AT THE MEDIEVAL EARTHWORKS AT CASTLETHORPE (BCMAS REPORT NO. 362, FILED).

Related records

MMK653Part of: Castlethorpe Castle / Hanslope Castle (Monument)