Corfe Castle is a fortification standing above the village of the same name on the Isle of Purbeck peninsula in the English county of Dorset. Built by...
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Corfe Castle is a village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset. It is the site of a ruined castle of the same name. The village and castle...
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contrast, the principal ball clay workings were in the area between Corfe Castle and Wareham. Originally the clay was taken by pack horse to wharves on...
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Corfe Castle railway station is a railway station located in the village of Corfe Castle, in the English county of Dorset. Originally an intermediate station...
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other human beings safely at arm's length. The couple take day trips to Corfe Castle, a quarry, and a local farm to purchase some unpasteurized milk. Their...
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and enmity of the king, who had her starved to death in the dungeon of Corfe Castle along with her eldest son. In contemporary records, she was described...
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steam-hauled, from Norden to the sea at Swanage including Corfe Castle village and ruins of Corfe Castle. In 2023, regular trains ran through from Wareham (with...
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John Bankes (section Corfe Castle)
General and Chief Justice to Charles I during the English Civil War. Corfe Castle, his family seat was destroyed during a long siege, in which his wife...
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Castle Chepstow Castle Chester Castle Christchurch Castle Clare Castle Clavering Castle Clitheroe Castle Clun Castle Colchester Castle Corfe Castle Cornet...
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058°W / 50.640; -2.058 Corfe Castle Hundred was a hundred in the county of Dorset, England, containing only the parish of Corfe Castle. It was sometimes also...
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many years the family seat of the Bankes family who lived nearby at Corfe Castle until its destruction in the English Civil War after its incumbent owners...
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in the North Riding of Yorkshire (now in County Durham) and, finally, Corfe Castle in the Isle of Purbeck on the Dorset coast, along with 25 French knights...
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Corfe Castle is an ancient castle in Dorset, England. It has given its name to: Corfe Castle (village), a nearby village Corfe Castle (UK Parliament constituency)...
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history and development of the country. The first family seat was in Corfe Castle which was destroyed during the civil war when the Bankeses, who were...
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Bankes (née Hawtry; c. 1598 – 11 April 1661) was a Royalist who defended Corfe Castle from a three-year siege during the English Civil War from 1643 to 1645...
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ambitions to extend its service, currently from Swanage to Norden, near Corfe Castle back to Worgret Junction (where the mainline and branch divided) and...
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diplomat, secretary to the Electress Elizabeth, Member of Parliament for Corfe Castle, and a Civil War political pamphleteer. Francis Nethersole was second...
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this time, he also left London and eventually settled in the village of Corfe Castle, Dorset. Information on Sorabji's life, especially his later years, is...
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English politician in the 16th century. "HAWLEY, Francis (d.1594), of Corfe Castle, Dorset. | History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline...
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Cambridge, the Church of St Edward, King and Martyr, Corfe Castle, the Church of St Edward King & Martyr, Castle Donington, and the Church of St Edward the Martyr...
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used a base from which to visit other nearby areas of interest, such as Corfe Castle. As a small town there are no large cultural institutions based in the...
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Marblers is a series of events dating back many years which take place in Corfe Castle, Dorset. The events occur on the date that new apprentices are introduced...
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Arrowslit (category Castle architecture)
is called a "multiple arrowslit". Some arrowslits, such as those at Corfe Castle, had lockers nearby to store spare arrows and bolts; these were usually...
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Encombe House (category Corfe Castle)
Cromwell from seizing the property by providing men to help slight nearby Corfe Castle in 1645. The last member of the Culliford family to own the property...
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Corfe Castle Town Hall is a municipal building in West Street, Corfe Castle, Dorset, England. The town hall, which is currently used as a museum, is a...
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arrangement was originally similar to that of the 13th century Gloriette at Corfe Castle, and provided a combination of privacy for the king while providing extensive...
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Charles Mathew was an English politician in the 16th century. "Corfe Castle | History of Parliament Online". historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 2024-01-07...
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filmed at the then-derelict Corfe Castle railway station including the 'down' platform shelter and show the ruins of Corfe Castle in the background. The station...
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Furzey Island (category Corfe Castle)
staffed 24 hours a day. Furzey Island lies within the civil parish of Corfe Castle. The parish forms part of the Dorset (formerly Purbeck local government...
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nearby Corfe Castle had taken over as the most important military fortification in the region. After 1154 and the end of the civil war, the castle was controlled...
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