Wallingford Castle
Wallingford Castle was a major medieval castle situated in Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire (historically Berkshire), adjacent to the River Thames. Established in the 11th century as a motte-and-bailey design within an Anglo-Saxon burgh, it grew to become what historian Nicholas Brooks has described as "one of the most powerful royal castles of the 12th and 13th centuries". Held for the Empress Matilda during the civil war years of the Anarchy, it survived multiple sieges and was never taken. Over the next two centuries it became a luxurious castle, used by royalty and their immediate family. After being abandoned as a royal residence by Henry VIII, the castle fell into decline. Refortified during the English Civil War, it was eventually slighted, i.e. deliberately destroye
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Wallingford Castle
Wallingford Castle was a major medieval castle situated in Wallingford in the English county of Oxfordshire (historically Berkshire), adjacent to the River Thames. Established in the 11th century as a motte-and-bailey design within an Anglo-Saxon burgh, it grew to become what historian Nicholas Brooks has described as "one of the most powerful royal castles of the 12th and 13th centuries". Held for the Empress Matilda during the civil war years of the Anarchy, it survived multiple sieges and was never taken. Over the next two centuries it became a luxurious castle, used by royalty and their immediate family. After being abandoned as a royal residence by Henry VIII, the castle fell into decline. Refortified during the English Civil War, it was eventually slighted, i.e. deliberately destroye
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Kastelo Wallingford estas ruin ...... La kastelaj ruinoj viziteblas.
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Wallingford Castle war ein Sch ...... ch Wallingford Castle fliehen.
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Wallingford Castle was a major ...... ks are now open to the public.
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Wallingford Castle är ett slot ...... allaste är december, med 0 °C.
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Wallingford Castle è stato un ...... Angiò e Carlo, duca d'Orléans.
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Ruins of Wallingford Caste
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Kastelo Wallingford estas ruin ...... La kastelaj ruinoj viziteblas.
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Le château de Wallingford (Wal ...... . Il est aujourd'hui en ruine.
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Wallingford Castle war ein Sch ...... ch Wallingford Castle fliehen.
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Wallingford Castle was a major ...... ed, i.e. deliberately destroye
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Wallingford Castle är ett slot ...... allaste är december, med 0 °C.
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Wallingford Castle è stato un ...... Angiò e Carlo, duca d'Orléans.
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