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1. www.architectsjournal.co.uk › competitionsHertford Castle, Hertfordshire

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   3 days ago · Hertford is the historic county town of Hertfordshire with a population of around 26,000. The latest project comes five years after Bennetts Associates won a competition for a £13.5 million revamp of Hertford Theatre. The scheme will refurbish and upgrade Hertford Castle and its surrounding grounds to create new cultural, community and ...

2. www.hertford.org.uk › local-news › 943Castle transformation project moving ahead | Local News ...

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   2 days ago · Tuesday 4 June 2024. Plans to transform the ground of Hertford Castle have moved a step forward with consukltants being sought to oversee the project. The scheme will refurbish and upgrade Hertford Castle and its surrounding grounds to create new cultural, community and biodiversity amenities for the local community.

3. www.british-history.ac.uk › rchme › hertsHistorical Introduction | British History Online

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   3 days ago · The castle was afterwards attached to the Duchy of Cornwall and so became the property of the Princes of Wales. Besides the 12th-century curtain walls the sites of gates and towers can still be identified. We have little information about the early history of Hertford Castle, but the earthworks are probably of the time of the Conqueror.

4. fromstillstomotion.com › article › medieval-castleMedieval Castle Layout: The Different Rooms and Areas of a ...

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   5 days ago · The Gatehouse: The gatehouse was a fortified entrance with multiple doors, portcullises, and obstacles to guard the castle. Some castles had two gatehouses, one on the outer castle and one on the inner [[7]].

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5. www.whtimes.co.uk › news › 24360456Open-air theatre performances at Hertford Castle this June

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   4 days ago · Gates open 30 minutes before each performance and visitors are invited to pitch up a chair, bring along a picnic and sit back to enjoy the show. Bar and food stalls are also available...

6. www.geograph.org.uk › photo › 7789164Kenilworth Castle, Leicester's Gatehouse © David Dixon cc-by ...

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   2 days ago · However, the castle is probably best known as the home of Robert Dudley, the great love of Queen Elizabeth I. Dudley, Earl of Leicester, took possession of the castle in 1563. He then lavished fortunes on converting it into a great Renaissance 'prodigy house', designed to receive the queen and her close servants on her visits to Kenilworth in ...

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   Did Hertfordshire have great houses in the 16th century?

   • The 16th century was an age of great houses, of which Hertfordshire had its share, though, as has already been said, time has dealt unkindly with them. They were as a rule in four ranges built round a rectangular courtyard, and remains of such houses exist at The Lordship, Standon, built in 1546 by Sir Ralph Sadleir.

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   Did Hertford have a market place?

   • Hertford consisted of two separate towns, both built by Edward the Elder in 913, the one on the north and the other on the south of the Lea. (fn. 10) Each had its market place, that on the north at the Old Cross and that on the south on the site of the present market place.

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   How did Stortford get its castles?

   • With the exception of the Bishop of London's castle at Waytemore in Bishop's Stortford, the origin of which is unknown, the lesser castles of the county came into existence possibly at the time of the Anarchy in Stephen's reign (1135–54), when many adulterine or unlicensed castles were built.

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   Was Hertfordshire a 'home of Liberty' before the conquest?

   • We learn from the Domesday Book, as Professor Maitland and Mr. J. H. Round have observed, that Hertfordshire before the Conquest had been 'the home of liberty'—a land of sochmen or tenants of a peculiarly free kind, particularly in the north-east of the county.

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8. travellemming.com › castles-in-wales21 Castles in Wales That a Local Says You Should Visit

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   2 days ago · Denbigh Castle looks out across the Vale of Clwyd and rolling hills. You need to cross a drawbridge and enter through a triple-towered gatehouse to get into the castle. The imposing gatehouse was added by the English after they took control of Denbigh Castle. But Denbigh Castle was soon captured by the Welsh despite the additional defences!