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Maxey Castle
Hob Uid: 350150
Location : City of Peterborough Maxey
Grid Ref : TF1290008800
Summary : Orginally a moated manor house, licence to embattle was granted in 1374-5. A 16th century document depicts a curtain wall and what may have been flood defences. Only the moat and a fishpond survive.
More information : (TF 129 088) Maxey Castle (site of) (1) Licence to embattle this moated manor was granted in 1374-5 (2) A 16th c map in the PRO (2) has a picture of the castle, showing it to have had a curtain wall with high corner-towers, and a tall central tower or keep. There also appear to have been flood defences - 2 banks, the outer with a ditch parallel to the NE angle of the moat. (2-4) Of the castle only the moat remains. Some of it was in ruins by Leland's time and it was clear soon enough to be tilled by ridge and furrow (4,5) The remaining portion of the moat is waterfilled; the island is part orchard and part garden. Resurveyed at 1/2500. At TF 12980875 are the remains of a fish pond; surveyed at 1/2500 (6) Additional reference to Lady Margaret Beaufort's visits to Maxey Castle (7) Listed by Cathcart King (in Northamptonshire). (8)

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Source details : OS 6"195-8
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Source details : Itinerary fol 47 (Leland) 1964 ed vol 5 32 (ed L Toulmin Smith)
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Source details : F1 JB 14-MAY-69
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Source details : M.K. Jones
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : 1374-5
Monument End Date : 1375
Monument Start Date : 1374
Monument Type : Fortified Manor House, Moat
Evidence : Documentary Evidence, Earthwork

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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 23404
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : NN 35
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : TF 10 NW 11
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1969-05-14
End Date : 1969-05-14

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Maxey Castle