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Baynard's Castle refers to buildings on two neighbouring sites in the City of London, between where Blackfriars station and St Paul's Cathedral now stand. The first was a Norman fortification constructed by Ralph Baynard ( fl. 1086), 1st feudal baron of Little Dunmow [1] in Essex, and was demolished by King John in 1213.
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Baynard’s Castle. Baynard’s Castle was a large 15th century riverside mansion in the City of London which Henry VII extended and granted to the queens consort. Baynard’s Castle had been rebuilt by Henry Duke of Gloucester in the late 1420s.
Baynard's Castle refers to buildings on two neighbouring sites in the City of London, between where Blackfriars station and St Paul's Cathedral now stand. The first was a Norman fortification constructed by Ralph Baynard, 1st feudal baron of Little Dunmow in Essex, and was demolished by King John in 1213.
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Feb 4, 2016 · February 4, 2016. Many years ago on the North Bank of the Thames opposite the place that is now occupied by Tate Modern there once stood a Norman structure named Baynard’s Castle. It was named after Ralph Baynard who came to England in the company of William the Conqueror.
Baynard’s Castle, one of two most strong Castels ( Stow 1:60) in London, has a long and storied history. Located on the banks of the Thames, it was built sometime in the late eleventh century by Baynard, a Norman who came over with William the Conqueror ( Weinreb and Hibbert 129 ).
