Bolsover Castle
Bolsover Castle | |
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General information | |
Town or city | Bolsover, Derbyshire |
Country | England, United Kingdom |
Coordinates | 53°13′53″N 1°17′49″W / 53.23139°N 1.29694°W |
Official name | Bolsover Castle |
Designated | 9 October 1981 |
Reference no. | 1012496[1] |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Designated | 23 March 1989 |
Reference no. | 1108976[2] |
Bolsover Castle is in the town of
History
Medieval
The original castle was built by the Peverel family in the 12th century and became Crown property in 1155 when
When a group of barons led by King
The castle was returned to crown control in 1223, at which point £33 was spent on repairing the damage the Earl of Derby had caused when capturing the castle six years earlier. Over the next 20 years, four towers were added, the keep was repaired, various parts of the curtain wall were repaired, and a kitchen and barn were built, all at a cost of £181. From 1290 onward, the castle and its surrounding manor were granted to a series of local farmers. Under their custodianship, the castle gradually fell into a state of disrepair.[8]
Post-medieval
Bolsover castle was granted to
Following Shrewsbury's death in 1590, his son
The building of the castle was continued by Cavendish's two sons,
William Cavendish, who was created Marquess of Newcastle in 1643 and
In October 2007 the television paranormal investigation show Most Haunted Live! visited the castle as part of their Halloween events on Living TV,[17] and in 2017 the site was voted the most haunted site by English Heritage staff.[18] Antiques Roadshow was held at the castle in July 2015.[19]
Bolsover Castle is a
Gallery
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The exterior of the long gallery
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The Little Castle at Bolsover
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Model of Bolsover Castle as it may have looked in the late 1600s
References
- ^ a b c Historic England. "Bolsover Castle: eleventh century motte and bailey castle, twelfth century tower keep castle and seventeenth century country house (1012496)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ^ a b c Historic England. "Bolsover Castle (Grade I) (1108976)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- ISBN 978-1-84802-111-2.
- ^ "Bolsover". A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848). British History Online. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
- ^ a b Eales 2006, p. 23
- ^ Colvin & Brown 1963, p. 572
- ^ Eales 2006, p. 24
- ^ Colvin & Brown 1963, p. 573
- ^ William Boyd, Calendar State Papers Scotland, vol. 4 (Edinburgh, 1905), p. 672 no. 781.
- ^ ISBN 1-85074-762-8.
- ^ Hall, George (1839). The history of Chesterfield; with particulars of the hamlets contiguous to the town, and descriptive accounts of Chatsworth, Hardwick, and Bolsover Castle. pp. 470–471.
- ^ Girouard, Mark (1983). Robert Smythson & the Elizabethan Country House. London. p. 234.
{{cite book}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Knoop, Douglas; Jones, Gwilyn Peredur (1936). "The Bolsover Castle Building Account, 1613". Ars Quatuor Coronatorum. 49 (1). London: 15–6.
- ^ a b c Fry 1980
- ISBN 978-1-86077-484-3.
- ^ "Bolsover Castle". English Heritage. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- ^ "Most Haunted Live! Episodes & Locations". HiggyPopp. Project Weird. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
- ^ "Ghostly boy seen by staff at 'spookiest' English Heritage site". ITV. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2018.
- ^ Smith, Matthew (9 July 2015). "Thousands flock to BBC Antiques Roadshow filming at Bolsover Castle". Mansfield and Ashfield Chad. JPIMedia Publishing Ltd. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
- ^ "Bolsover Castle", Pastscape, Historic England, retrieved 17 April 2012
- ^ "Scheduled Monuments", Pastscape, Historic England, retrieved 17 April 2012
- ^ Bolsover Castle, Heritage Gateway, retrieved 17 April 2012
- ^ "Frequently asked questions", Images of England, Historic England, archived from the original on 11 November 2007, retrieved 17 April 2012
- Bibliography
- Colvin, H. M.; Brown, R. A. (1963), "The Royal Castles 1066–1485", The History of the King's Works. Volume II: The Middle Ages, London: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, pp. 553–894
- Eales, Richard (2006), Peveril Castle, London: ISBN 978-1-85074-982-0
- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset (1980), The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, ISBN 978-0-7153-7976-9
Further reading
- Worsley, Lucy (2010) [2000], Bolsover Castle (revised ed.), London: English Heritage, ISBN 978-1-85074-762-8
- Worsley, Lucy (May 2004). "Changing Notions of Authenticity: Presenting a Castle Over Four Centuries". International Journal of Heritage Studies. 10 (2): 129–149. S2CID 161527565.
External links
- Bolsover Castle page on English Heritage's official site
- Photographs around the Castle
- Bolsover Castle on Google Arts & Culture
- The Elysium Closet on Google Arts & Culture
- Text of Ben Jonson's Love’s Welcome at Bolsover 1634, Cambridge edition online