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	Bodiam Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bodiam Castle is located in East Sussex, England.
		It was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dallingridge, a former knight of Edward III, supposedly at the request of Richard II in order to defend the surrounding area from French invasion.
		Most of the castle interior was destroyed during the English Civil War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bodiam_Castle (186 words)

	Castle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Castle walls, together with lodgings (keep) suitable for a Lord, as well as lower grade housing within the walls to accommodate some of the key population of the local area, served this purpose.
		Castles were also developed to defend key part of the countryside such as a mountain pass or river estuary, and often made use of the natural geography to support the defensive walls through exploitation of cliffs, rivers, hills, and the like.
		The word "castle" (castel) was introduced into English shortly before the Norman Conquest to denote this new type of fortress, then new to England, brought in by the Norman knights whom Edward the Confessor had sent for to defend Herefordshire against the inroads of the Welsh.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Castle (3391 words)

	Bodiam Sussex - (The finest ruined castle in the Country) - an English Village (UK)
		This moated fairytale castle was built by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge between 1385 and 1390 as a protection to the Rother valley from the French.
		Bodiam is a small village, mostly located near the 12th Century church of St Giles on the Sandhurst road.
		The Bodiam area was a main hop growing area, and in the early parts of this century, a large number of Londoners would come down via the railway to the Guiness hop farms to pick the crop.
	www.villagenet.co.uk /esussex-iron/villages/bodiam.php (710 words)

	TimeRef - History Timelines - Bodiam Castle
		Bodiam Castle was begun in 1386 by Sir Edward Dalyngrugge who was granted a licence to crenellate his mansion at Bodiam.
		Bodiam was built in the valley of the Rother, a river which at the time could have been used by large ships to travel inland.
		Inside the castle are the remains of the domestic buildings that would have been two stories high and would have contained private suites, servant's lodgings, a chapel and many other facilities that would have made the castle a complete home.
	www.btinternet.com /~timeref/hpl948.htm (321 words)

	Bodiam Castle
		Bodiam Castle looks almost too romantic to be true.
		This fairytale castle was begun in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrigge to discourage French raids.
		Bodiam was built to a simple rectangular plan with great drum towers at the corners, but this was complemented by the series of drawbridges built at angles to each other, and a massive barbican, forcing a potential adversary to overcome each defense in turn.
	www.britainexpress.com /counties/eastsussex/castles/bodiam.htm (516 words)

	History.UK.com Articles
		Bodiam Castle is arguably the finest example of medieval moated military architecture in Britain.
		Bodiam Castle was built inside four years and, externally, would have looked much the same in 1388 as it does today.
		The castle kitchens were adjoining the Great Hall and two massive fireplaces, complete with brick ovens, spits, griddles and a horde of servants would have supplied the mountains of food required by the castle's inhabitants.
	www.history.uk.com /articles/index.php?archive=45 (1058 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Bodiam Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bodiam Castle, East Sussex, one of the most romantic ruins in Britain, picturesquely set in fine parkland.
		The ruins at Battle are all that remain of the abbey that William I (The Conqueror) built to commemorate his victory over the English at the Battle...
		Castle (from Latin castellum, “small fortified place”), fortified residence of a feudal lord or monarch, and members of his court, during the...
	uk.encarta.msn.com /Bodiam_Castle.html (115 words)

	Bodiam-Castle.html
		He was unlikely to have been at Bodiam during the initial stages of building, as he was appointed Captain of the French port of Brest between 1386-87.
		The castle was to remain in the Dalyngrigge family until 1483 when it came to another famous Sussex family, the Lewknors, by marriage.
		Bodiam Castle is one of the most famous and evocative in Britain and is probably the most ideal for a visit with children.
	www.castles-abbeys.co.uk /Bodiam-Castle.html (2186 words)

	Bodiam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He acquired the estate and manor of Bodiam through his marriage to the heiress Elizabeth Wardeux and his plunder from France, added to his new family wealth meant that a castle was required to proclaim his status.
		Not surprisingly, the castle was never attacked, although it did surrender to Yorkist troops during the Wars of the Roses, when the owner was the Lancastrian Sir Thomas Lewknor.
		Bodiam was saved from further decline by Lord Curzon, who, from 1917 spent a small fortune restoring and stabilising the fabric of the castle before granting it to the nation in1925.
	www.heritage.me.uk /castles/bodiam.htm (668 words)

	Bodiam Castle by Michael Norfolk
		Castles always hold a great fascination to many people and a favourite of mine is Bodiam Castle in East Sussex.
		It was purchased by John Fuller in 1829 for the sum of £3,000 and later by George Cubbitt.
		Despite this never coming to fruition an important restoration project commenced in 1919 and under the terms of his will, Bodiam Castle was transferred into the hands of The National Trust in 1926.
	www.knottingley.org /england/bodiam_castle.htm (238 words)

	CastleXplorer - Bodiam Castle
		The appearance of Bodiam Castle is exactly how most people imagine a medieval castle should look like, with its square of walls, a round tower at each corner, and a square tower midway along each wall, entirely surrounded by a moat.
		Little is known about the castle during the middle ages, but it doesn't appear to have been inhabited after the 15th century.
		Later owners of the castle took measures to preserve the building, most notably Lord Curzon who acquired the castle in 1917 and undertook a restoration of Bodiam.
	www.castlexplorer.co.uk /england/bodiam/bodiam.php (197 words)

	channel4.com - Castle - text only
		The reaction on seeing Bodiam for the first time is almost always the same: sharp intake of breath, followed by 'Now that's what I call a castle!' With its wide moat, round towers and majestic gatehouse, Bodiam in East Sussex looks like something out of a fairytale.
		Castles like Bodiam were funded by the huge profits their owners amassed by fighting in the Hundred Years War.
		Although much of the interior of the castle is ruined today (it was probably dismantled during and after the English Civil War from the outside the castle appears largely intact and it serves as a superb monument to the man who built it.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/C/castle/bod_main_t.html (559 words)

	Robertsbridge walk to Bodiam Castle and back to Robertsbridge, East Sussex, urban75 walk, April 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bodiam Castle was built in 1385 by Sir Edward Dalyngrygge as a defence against attacks from France after nearby Rye and Winchelsea had both been sacked and burned eight years previously.
		By the end of the 14th century the threat to Bodiam had diminished, so the castle took on the role of a comfortable family home for the Dalyngrygges.
		The castle was left to deteriorate for centuries until a local Squire, John 'Mad Jack' Fuller, forked out £3,000 to save it from destruction in 1828.
	www.urban75.org /london/bodiam.html (901 words)

	Essay or Coursework : Bodiam Castle is situated beside the River Rother in East Sussex. A veteran of King Edward III's ...
		Essay or Coursework : Bodiam Castle is situated beside the River Rother in East Sussex.
		From the guide book I purchased at the official Bodiam Castle shop I read that in 1385, Sir Edward Dalyngrygge was given permission to fortify his house against invasion from France, but then decided to build a new stone castle a short distance away from the house.
		With an almost square construction, Bodiam Castle has a notable symmetry and is surrounded by a wide moat.
	www.coursework.info /i/16322.html (428 words)

	Essay or Coursework : The appearance of Bodiam Castle is exactly how most people imagine a medieval castle should look ...
		The appearance of Bodiam Castle is exactly how most people imagine a medieval castle should look like.
		Bodiam Castle is situated beside the River Rother in East Sussex.
		A veteran of King Edward III's wars built the castle in the late 14th century with France, originally as a coastal defence.
	www.coursework.info /i/16321.html (439 words)

	European castle Bodiam Castle England castles Tourism
		The building which it built, although maintaining a ruin, is one of the castles most celebrated in England.
		It is visited each year by more than 170.000 people, and the images of its walls and turns, peacefully reflected in water of the ditch, appear on all the covers of book.
		Bodiam can be regarded as the last large English castle.
	www.casteland.com /puk/castle/europe/uk/bodiam/bodiam.htm (154 words)

	TimeRef - Medieval History Timelines - Tactical Display
		The octagonal outwork shown above is not connected to the castle and a further drawbridge was needed.
		The small tower at the front of the castle provided further protection and once again a drawbridge connected this to the main castle.
		The castle is square is layout with four circluar towers at the corners.
	www.btinternet.com /~timeref/v948.htm (437 words)

	Bodiam Castle
		purchased the Castle from Ashcombe's son Henry Cubitt,the second Lord Ascombe, (1867-1947) in 1916 and undertook the research and restoration of Bodiam Castle that visitors enjoy today.
		The Castle was bequeathed to the National Trust by Lord Curzon who died in 1925.
		He is recorded as having provided new folding oak gates in the front doorway of the Gatehouse, and also as having restored the Postern Tower, presumably by removing the cottage which was there 50 years earlier.
	www.johnmadjackfuller.homestead.com /Bodiam.html (552 words)

	Bodiam Castle, East Sussex: Attraction near Robertsbridge 4m (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bodiam Castle rises from its own reflection in a lake-sized moat, where only swans, water lillys or the wind, break the surface.
		Bodiam Castle is 1/4 mile from its car park across uneven ground.
		These hotels are located in the areas around Bodiam Castle of Battle, Cranbrook, Hastings, Lamberhurst, Rye, Sedlescombe, St Leonards-on-Sea, Tenterden, Wadhurst, with the cheapest hotel near Bodiam Castle being the The George Hotel (6.5m in Battle) costing from about £45 per night.
	www.uk-tourist-attractions.co.uk /Attractions/History/Castles/Bodiam_Castle.cfm (281 words)

	Bodiam Castle Northiam Sussex England English
		Bodiam Castle is a magnificent 14th century stone quadrangular fortress, founded by Sir Edward Dallingridge.
		10 miles north-west is Scotney Castle and 12 miles south is Hastings Castle.
		Bodiam Castle is located east of the village centre.
	www.castleuk.net /castle_lists_south/199/bodiamcastle.htm (185 words)

	Great-Castles.com - Castle Legends - The Ghosts of Bodiam Castle (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bodiam Castle in East Sussex is one of the most celebrated castles in England.
		Now just a ruin, Bodiam Castle was built in 1385 to defend Southeast England from the invading French during the Hundred Year's War.
		He was seen running towards the castle and vanished half way across the bridge, suggesting that he may have fallen into the moat and drowned.
	www.great-castles.com /bodiamghost.html (231 words)

	Bodiam Castle, Battle
		Built on the northern slopes of the Rother valley between 1385 and 1389, Bodiam Castle (8mi/13km northeast of Battle) is one of the country's best preserved medieval moated castles.
		It is also widely regarded as one of the most romantic castle ruins in England (a reputation it acquired in the 19th century due in no small measure to J. Fuller).
		Never having endured a siege, Bodiam retains much of its original character, an outstanding example of a medieval fortress from a time when domestic comfort began to be prized as well as security.
	www.planetware.com /battle/bodiam-castle-gb-es-cbodim.htm (206 words)

	All you ever wanted to know About Bodiam Castle, Sussex
		Bodiam Castle is what every fairytale castle should look like.
		Square with a round tower at each corner and strongly defended gateways, the castle was built when French pirates sailed up the river on a regular basis.
		A local squire and eccentric, 'Mad' Jack Fuller purchased the castle in 1829 to stop further damage, but it was not until later, when it was bought by Lord Curzon, that extensive repairs were undertaken.
	www.allaboutsussex.co.uk /index/placestovisit/bodiamcastle.htm (221 words)

	Building replica of Bodiam - Castle Quest
		We are considering building a replica of this castle and we would like some floor plans and info like that, anyone know of any place to get blueprints.
		It is one the the best castles in the world in my humble view, having all the hallmarks of the perfect Castle.
		It was built at the end of castle building in Britain, and has all the latest advancements for it's time.
	www.castlesontheweb.com /quest/Forum7/HTML/000290.html (359 words)

	EDSITEment - Lesson Plan
		During much of this time fighting and warfare were rampant, and the castle, defended by armies of fearless knights, stood as a bastion of security.
		Medieval society was organized into a pyramid of feudal relationships, with the king and his nobles at the top and the hard-working peasants comprising the bulk of the population.
		Castles might have been havens against marauding invaders, but they were not very comfortable.
	edsitement.neh.gov /view_lesson_plan.asp?id=448 (3312 words)

	Bodiam castle by the river rother
		Bodiam Castle is a perfect example of a late medieval moated castle.
		Set in open parkland, the castle is approached through a series of medieval features.
		The Castle itself, set in a picturesque spring fed moat, appears to be almost complete from the outside.
	www.bodiam-ferry.co.uk /bodiam-castle.htm (166 words)

	My Castle Tour
		The castle sits down in the center of a large earthworks ring.
		Shows how the castle is in sort of a moat like walled area, and the fantastic shape of the castle.
		When we were heading to the castle, I almost stepped into the lake before I saw the castle itself in the fog.
	www.fortunecity.com /millennium/postoffice/983/castle.htm (562 words)

	Bodiam Castle - Castle Quest
		posted 11-02-2001 07:44 PM I have to argue that Bodiam castle is a Tower House, essentially a domestic dwelling, rather than a Keep or "true" castle.
		posted 11-03-2001 06:37 PM Bodiam has been discussed several times in a variety of forums, most reflecting the admiration that many have for it, wishing to replicate it in their own building projects, or simply seeking information.
		A dwelling...well all castle are principally a dwelling, but there are other functions too.
	www.castlesontheweb.com /quest/Forum7/HTML/000501.html (161 words)

	channel4.com - Castle
		The National Trust is responsible for Bodiam Castle.
		Although larger than the hall at Bodiam Castle, it gives a good impression of what it might have looked like.
		Explains how castles in general fell out of fashion from the 14th century onwards.
	www.channel4.com /history/microsites/C/castle/bod_more.html (336 words)

	Bodiam Castle
		Originally built as a manor house, the then owner, Edward Dallyngrigge was given a licence to crenellate and fortify against the threat of invasion from the French and this was done in 1385.
		Like nearby Herstmonceux, this gave the castle the fairytale look that most people imagine when they think of a classic castle.
		After the Civil war the castle was left to deteriorate and was rebuilt in the early 20th Century by Earl Curzon.
	www.tptech.co.uk /castles/bodiam.htm (125 words)

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