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    Carisbrooke Castle is a historic motte-and-bailey castle located in the village of Carisbrooke (near Newport), Isle of Wight, England. Charles I was imprisoned...
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  • HMS Carisbrooke Castle (K379) was one of 44 Castle-class corvettes built for the Royal Navy during World War II. The Castle-class corvette was a stretched...
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    the site of Carisbrooke Castle. It also has a medieval parish church, St Mary's Church (overlooking the High Street, with views to the castle), which began...
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    Mountbatten. The titles became extinct upon Lord Carisbrooke's death in 1960, as he had no sons. Carisbrooke Castle was the residence of Prince Henry and Princess...
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    Alexander Albert Mountbatten, 1st Marquess of Carisbrooke (born Prince Alexander Albert of Battenberg; 23 November 1886 – 23 February 1960) was a British...
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    of Hastings in 1066. His chief residence was Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight, one of many castles he built in England. William FitzOsbern was the...
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    A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a...
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    Northumberlands at Syon House. These visits ended when he fled to Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight; ten-year-old Elizabeth supposedly helped James...
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    original on 12 February 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2016. "Carisbrooke Castle Museum". Carisbrooke Castle Museum Trust. Retrieved 17 January 2016. Dennison, p...
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    late monarch to Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight, where their father had previously been imprisoned. Before leaving for Carisbrooke, Henry and Elizabeth...
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  • John's wound heals, he and Block decide to recover the diamond from Carisbrooke Castle. After a suspenseful scene in the well where the jewel is hidden,...
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    French force burnt down much of the town while attempting to take Carisbrooke Castle, then under the command of Sir Hugh Tyrill. A group of Frenchmen were...
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    but flints from these periods have been found and are on display at Carisbrooke Castle. There are theories that, during the Neolithic era, Bouldnor was a...
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    the Conqueror to his kinsman William FitzOsbern. Carisbrooke Priory and the fort of Carisbrooke Castle were then founded. Allegiance was sworn to FitzOsbern...
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    Carisbrooke is a parish church in the Church of England located in Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight. The church is the chapel (in Castro) of Carisbrooke Castle...
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    Aydon Castle Barnwell Castle Beeston Castle Bodiam Castle Bolton Castle Bowes Castle Bramber Castle Bridgnorth Castle Brough Castle Canterbury Castle Carew...
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    the new weapons. Carisbrooke Castle was subject to an unsuccessful French siege in 1377, the Crown reacting by equipping the castle with cannon and a...
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    HMS Launceston Castle (K397) was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy, named after Launceston Castle in Cornwall. The ship was constructed...
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    "Berkhamsted Castle" Archived 2012-09-29 at the Wayback Machine PSC. "Hertford Castle" Archived 2012-10-06 at the Wayback Machine PSC. "Carisbrooke Castle" Archived...
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    style Serene Highness. In 1889, Prince Henry was made Governor of Carisbrooke Castle and Captain-General and Governor of the Isle of Wight. He was made...
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    HMS Leeds Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the Royal Navy, originally with pennant number K384. She was built by William Pickersgill & Sons Ltd....
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  • Castle was a Castle-class corvette built in 1943 and scrapped in 1958. She was the only ship of the Royal Navy to be named after Portchester Castle in...
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    icehouse survive and the castle's clock remains on display at the Carisbrooke Castle Museum. Over the next thirty years, housing developments were built...
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  • HMS Pevensey Castle was a Castle-class corvette of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy. The ship was constructed during World War II and saw service during...
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    in Cowes High Street and the remains of her spinnaker boom are at Carisbrooke Castle, also on the Isle of Wight. The spinnaker boom was given for use as...
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    Albert Museum, and her collection of Isle of Wight sand pictures to Carisbrooke Castle Museum on the Isle of Wight. In the first half of the 20th century...
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    to visit the nearby Carisbrooke Castle, but due to rain, they returned to Norris Castle. The two royals also visited Norris Castle again in 1833. The old...
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    and imprisoned by Parliament in the more secure Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight. At Carisbrooke, Charles still intriguing and plotting futile escapes...
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    councils were abolished in 1995. The shield contains an image of Carisbrooke Castle, the historical seat of many former governors of the island, and three...
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    Aldford Castle Alnwick Castle Arundel Castle Baile Hill Bedford Castle Berkeley Castle Berkhamsted Castle Brinklow Castle Carisbrooke Castle Castle Acre...
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