Calshot Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII on the Calshot Spit, Hampshire, England, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's...
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Solent. In 1539, Henry VIII ordered the construction of Calshot Castle, at the end of Calshot Spit, to defend the port of Southampton from attack. Its...
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Southampton Water, on the south coast of England. At the end of the spit are Calshot Castle (built by King Henry VIII), an RNLI lifeboat, an NCI station, several...
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Dudley Castle – ordered 19 January 1943 from A. & J. Inglis, Glasgow. Bere Castle – ordered 23 January 1943 from John Brown & Company, Clydebank. Calshot Castle...
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The Governor of Calshot Castle was a military officer who commanded the fortifications at Calshot Castle, a Device Fort of Henry VIII guarding Southampton...
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Device Forts (redirect from Henrician castle)
battery as well. Calshot Castle was renovated, and Southsea's defences were extensively modernised, as were those in Hull, with the castle and the south...
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PSC. "Calshot Castle" Archived 2012-10-07 at the Wayback Machine PSC. "Hurst Castle" Archived 2016-06-08 at the Wayback Machine PSC. "Netley Castle" Archived...
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Country Park. To the south, Southampton Water enters the Solent between Calshot Spit and Hill Head. Southampton Water is an estuary with major potential...
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operation in 2015. A map of the Solent and surrounding areas from 1945 Calshot Castle protected the mouth of Southampton Water Ports and harbours of the Solent...
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G. (1990). Hurst Castle, Hampshire (2nd ed.). London, UK: English Heritage. ISBN 1-85074-053-4. Coad, Jonathan (2013). Calshot Castle: Hampshire (revised ed...
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spit at the mouth of the Solent, Calshot Castle on another spit at the mouth of Southampton Water, and Netley Castle. Southampton and Portsmouth remained...
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Calshot Lifeboat Station is located on Calshot Spit near the village of Calshot, Hampshire, and is on the southern bank of the open end of Southampton...
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of his hearing but at home his father, an HM Coastguard stationed at Calshot Castle, taught him to speak. The autobiography relates his move to Ryde on...
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List of Device Forts (redirect from East Cowes Castle (16th century))
British History Online, retrieved 13 July 2015; Garnett 2005, p. 23 "Calshot Castle", Historic England, retrieved 10 October 2015; Coad 2013, pp. 11, 24;...
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Bayard's Cove Fort in Devon, Garrison Walls in the Isles of Scilly and Calshot Castle in Southampton. According to site managers English Heritage, it will...
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yet on his return he was created a baronet, and also made governor of Calshot Castle. In 1808 he was selected to supersede Sir Arthur Wellesley. He arrived...
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spit at the mouth of the Solent, Calshot Castle on another spit at the mouth of Southampton Water, and Netley Castle. Southampton and Portsmouth remained...
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Cottage when she was a child, but she spent her summers by the sea at Calshot Castle, home of a military uncle, Sir Harry Burrard. Her private education...
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there is much of historical interest. Calshot Castle, built by Henry VIII to govern the port approach stands on Calshot Spit, a mile long (1.6 km) shingle...
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Calshot Castle...
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(1008706)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 May 2023. "Calshot Castle". English Heritage. Retrieved 8 May 2023. "Flowerdown Barows, Littleton...
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and 1837. Between 1813 and 1837, he held the office of Governor of Calshot Castle, a sinecure abolished after his death. Lambart married first Honora...
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Heritage properties containing links for any stately home, historic house, castle, abbey, museum or other property in the care of English Heritage. List of...
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Hampshire; Calshot Castle, under Walter Russell, gent; 24 cannon; 6 iron hagbuts; 60 bows, 170 bills, 100 pikes, these decayed. Hurst Castle, under Captain...
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LV 78 Calshot Spit is a former Trinity House lightvessel that was anchored off Calshot Spit and is now a museum ship in Southampton. LV 78 was built in...
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£75 a year for his work on this and other similar projects, including Calshot, Hurst, Sandgate and Sandown. Philip Chute, John Fletcher and William Oxenbridge...
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Bury Buckton Manchester Rochdale Stockport Watch Hill Ullerwood Dunham Calshot Hurst Netley Odiham Portchester Southampton Southsea Warblington Winchester...
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Forts and Artillery website A gun from HMS Gannet, mounted on top of Calshot Castle at the entrance to Southampton Water from Victorian Forts and Artillery...
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appointed riding forester of the New Forest in 1754 and Governor of Calshot Castle in 1761. On 3 April 1769, he was made a baronet, of Walhampton in the...
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