Bolbec Castle

Moth of Bolbec Castle

Bolbec Castle or Bolebec Castle is an Outbound castle in the village of Whitchurch in the English county of Buckinghamshire .

history

Hugh II. De Bolbec, Lord of Whitchurch , had the moth erected illegally in 1147, during the anarchy . The building was built by Pope Eugene III. criticized.

It is said to have had a brick donjon and a moth on a natural hill that was already easy to defend. The triangular outer bailey is now separated from the Motte by Castle Lane .

Oliver Cromwell was responsible for the destruction of the castle in the English Civil War (1642-1651).

The earthworks that have survived to this day are protected as a Scheduled Monument .

Individual evidence

↑ Mapcarta: Bolebec Castle . Retrieved December 16, 2015.
↑ Terry J. Booth: Some Descendants of Osbern II De Bolbec (990-1063) . Ancestry.com. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
^ Adrian Pettifer: English Castles: A Guide by Counties . Boydell Press, Woodbridge 1995, ISBN 0-85115-600-2 , p. 9 (accessed December 16, 2015).
^ Bolebec Castle, a motte and bailey castle 300m west of St John's Church . In: National Heritage List for England . English Heritage. July 15, 1938. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

Sources and literature

WH Page: A History of the County of Buckingham (= Victoria County History . Volume 3 ). 1925, chap. Whitchurch , S. 442-449 ( online [accessed December 30, 2015]).
Adrian Pettifer: English Castels: A Guide by Counties . Boydell Press, Woodbridge 1995, ISBN 0-85115-600-2 , pp. 9 ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Walk2 Whitchurch village walk - from its geology to historic past (pdf) In: Geological Walk Leaflets . Bucks Earth Heritage Group.
Bolebec Castle, Buckinghamshire: 1992–1996 Air Photograph Interpretation RCHME: Air Photograph Primary Recording Project . In: Pastscape . English Heritage.

51.880356 -0.839559Coordinates: 51 ° 52 ′ 49.3 " N , 0 ° 50 ′ 22.4" W.

[Mapcarta-1] Mapcarta: Bolebec Castle . Retrieved December 16, 2015.

[Booth-2] Terry J. Booth: Some Descendants of Osbern II De Bolbec (990-1063) . Ancestry.com. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

[Pettifer9-3] Adrian Pettifer: English Castles: A Guide by Counties . Boydell Press, Woodbridge 1995, ISBN 0-85115-600-2 , p. 9 (accessed December 16, 2015).

[NHLE-4] Bolebec Castle, a motte and bailey castle 300m west of St John's Church . In: National Heritage List for England . English Heritage. July 15, 1938. Retrieved December 16, 2015.