Eaton Socon Castle

Eaton Socon Castle

Eaton Socon Castle stood beside the River Ouse in the village of Eaton Socon, which was originally a village in Bedfordshire but is now a district of St Neots in Cambridgeshire (gbmapping|TL174588).

The castle was a Norman double enclosure, whose construction required the demolition of Saxon houses, and was surrounded by moats filled with water diverted from the river. It was once in possession of the de Mandeville family but by 1156 was held by the Beauchamp family.

Only earthworks now remain.

References

*Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, "The David & Charles Book of Castles", David & Charles, 1980. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно решить контрольную?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Eaton Socon — infobox UK place country = England latitude= 52.22 longitude= 0.29 official name= Eaton Socon population = 5,547 [cite web url=http://www.huntsdc.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/1697D5FA D5A0 4330 8290 69F34650C897/0/EatonSocon.pdf author=Huntingdonshire… …   Wikipedia

  • Castle — This article is about medieval fortifications. For other uses, see Castle (disambiguation). For a list of all castles, see List of castles. For similar but unrelated structures in Japan, see Japanese castle …   Wikipedia

  • Cambridgeshire Football Association County League — The Cambridgeshire Football League, currently styled as the Kersham Cambridgeshire League for sponsorship purposes is a football competition covering Cambridgeshire and western parts of Suffolk in England. It has a total of 14 divisions, headed… …   Wikipedia

  • Huntingdonshire — District   Non metropolitan district   Huntingdonshire shown within Cambridgeshire …   Wikipedia

  • Bedford (UK Parliament constituency) — UK constituency infobox Name = Bedford Map1 = Bedford Map2 = Bedfordshire Type = Borough Year = 1295, 1997 Entity = Bedfordshire County = Bedfordshire EP = East of England MP = Patrick Hall Party = LabourBedford is a constituency represented in… …   Wikipedia

  • Список замков Англии — …   Википедия

  • Civil parishes in Cambridgeshire — A map of Cambridgeshire, showing the Districts, clockwise from the top left: Peterborough; Fenland; East Cambridgeshire; South Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; and Huntingdonshire. A civil parish is a subnational entity, forming the low …   Wikipedia

  • Maps of castles in England by county — The castles displayed on each map are those listed in the List of castles in England for the corresponding county or area. Click on the red or green dot to display a detailed map showing the location of the castle. Green dots represent for the… …   Wikipedia

  • List of places in Cambridgeshire — This is a list of cities, towns and villages in the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It includes places in Huntingdonshire, as Huntingdonshire is currently a district of Cambridgeshire. See List of places in England for lists of settlements in… …   Wikipedia

  • History of Bedfordshire — Bedfordshire is an English shire county which lies between approximately 25 miles and 55 miles (or approximately 40 and 90 kilometres) north of central London.axon BedfordshireThe Saxon invaders were naturally attracted to Bedfordshire by its… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”