Woodsford Castle
Woodsford Castle is a fortified manor house on the banks of the River Frome , about 4 miles east of Dorchester in the English county of Dorset .
Manorial rule
In the Domesday Book of 1086 the manor is registered as "Waredesfor", which the historian John Hutchins interpreted in the 18th century as the " ford across the Varia ". Today it is thought that the name means "Furt des Weard " (proper name). Two homesteads were registered, which are interpreted as "East Woodsford" (today's village) and "West Woodsford" (now Woodsford Castle).
Mansion
Woodsford Castle is the surviving wing of a 14th century manor house. King Edward III granted William of Whitefield in 1335 a permit to fortify his mansion (English: "License to Crenellate"). The house had the largest clapboard roof in the county. It has been restored by the Landmark Trust . English Heritage has listed the manor house as a Grade I Historic Building.
Individual references and comments
- ^ Place: Woodford . Open Domesday. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ^ "Varia" is another name for River Frome.
- ^ Royal Commission for Historical Monuments of England: An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset . Volume 2: South East . RCHME, London 1970. pp. 397-402. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ^ MA Rodger: Some Lost Castles Of Dorset . February 2009. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ↑ Woodsford Castle . Landmark Trust. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
- ↑ Woodsford Castle . Historic England. English Heritage. Retrieved February 13, 2017.
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Coordinates: 50 ° 42 '50.4 " N , 2 ° 20' 16.8" W.