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Locations of lesser places
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his royal palace, less than 20 miles north of London, was the home of Queen Elizabeth I as a child and a favourite residence of hers later in life. Now part of Hatfield House, sections of the old palace can still be visited.
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Issues over religion and succession to the throne became too much for Elizabeth and she requested that she could leave court and return to Hertfordshire and to Hatfield (or Ashridge). Queen Mary granted her request against the advice of her ministers who suspected Elizabeth was preparing to remove Mary from the throne.
his Augustinian priory dedicated to St. John the Evangelist was founded in around 1110 by William, a Norman lord of Clun and was later elevated to the status of Abbey. The substantial remains are located a few miles to the north east of Shrewsbury and are maintained by English-Heritage.
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Situated a few miles to the north east of Shrewsbury, an Augustinian priory called Haughmond Abbey was founded by William, a Lord of Clun. ¹
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Timeline
King John used Haverfordwest Castle as a staging post before and after travelling to Ireland.
Parliamentary forces led by Colonel Laugharne captured Pill Fort and the Royalists garrisoned at Haverfordwest Castle panicked and fled leaving the castle open for Laugharne's men to take. ¹
Cromwell ordered that the castle at Haverfordwest should be demolished. ¹
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Selection of references used:
- 1. M.R.James, Abbeys, 1925
- 2. Mike Salter, Castles of South-West Wales
A Medieval Mystery
There appear to be some strange connections between the fourteenth century Old Wardour Castle and ancient stone circle Stonehenge.
1: Location
Old Wardour Castle appears to be aligned to ancient sites in the Stonehenge landscape.
2: Alignment
Stonehenge is aligned to the Summer Solstice. Old Wardour has a very similar alignment.
3: Size
Could the builders of Old Wardour used mesaurements from Stonehenge to layout the geometrical keep?
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