Castles · Mid Wales
Stokesay Castle
In or near Ludlow.
Stokesay Castle — Grade I listed historic house museum in Shropshire, England, UK.
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Stokesay Castle is a castle in mid. Established 1285. (Historic house museum in Shropshire, England.) Wikipedia notes: "Stokesay Castle is one of the finest surviving fortified manor houses in England, and situated at Stokesay in Shropshire. It was largely built in its present form in the late 13th century by Laurence of Ludlow, on the earlier castle founded by its original owners the de Lacy family, from whom it passed to their de Verdun heirs, who retained feudal overlordship of Stokesay until at least 1317.". Coordinates 52.4303°, -2.8313°. Sources are credited at the bottom of this page.
- Coordinates
- 52.4303, -2.8313
- Established
- 1285
- Official site
- www.english-heritage.org.uk
Sources
- wikidata: Q7618555 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Stokesay Castle (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: Exterior of Stokesay Castle, 2006.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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