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Inside Weobley Castle, looking towards the porch, across the courtyard, from the chapel block View of the Llanrhidian saltmarshes from the Castle. Weobley Castle (pronounced "weblee "; Welsh: Castell Weble) is a 14th-century fortified manor house on the Gower Peninsula, Wales, in the care of Cadw.
Weobley Castle was a ringwork and bailey castle in the English county of Herefordshire (grid reference 1] The castle belonged to the De Lacy family who also owned the castles of Ludlow and Ewyas Harold. [2] Walter de Lacy, as Lord of Meath, was one of the most powerful magnates in Ireland.
Weobley is in an entirely rural location, 12 miles (19 km) north-west of Hereford and 8 miles (13 km) south-west of Leominster.It occupies the small shallow valley of the little Marl Brook in the northern lower dip slope of Burton Hill, overlooking the valley of the Newbridge Brook which is a sub-tributary of the River Arrow. [3]
Weobley Castle may refer to: Weobley Castle, Herefordshire; Weobley Castle, Gower; See also. Weoley Castle This page was last edited on 30 ...
The keep of Trim Castle Trim Castle's barbican. Walter de Lacy (c. 1172 – 1241) was lord of Meath in Ireland. He was also a substantial land owner in Weobley, Herefordshire, in Ludlow, Shropshire, in Ewyas Lacy in the Welsh Marches, and several lands in Normandy. [1]
The Gower Coast: A Coastline Walk And Guide To The History, Legends, Shipwrecks & Rescues, Smuggling, Castles & Caves, Including The Story Of The Dollar Ship, by George Edmunds, 1979 (ISBN 0906570018) The Gower Peninsula, by Lawrence Rich (for The National Trust) (ISBN 9781843592754) The Story of Gower, by Wendy Hughes, 1996 (ISBN 0863812171)
The known history of Herefordshire starts with a shire in the time of King Athelstan (r. 895–939 ), and Herefordshire is mentioned in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle in 1051. The first Anglo-Saxon settlers, the 7th-century Magonsætan , were a sub-tribal unit of the Hwicce who occupied the Severn valley.
Roger was the heir to Weobley and Walter became Abbot of Gloucester Abbey. [1] Walter and Emma also had a daughter who became a nun at St Mary's Abbey, Winchester. A niece was married to Ansfrid de Cormeilles. [11] Considerable confusion exists about Sybil, the wife of Pain fitzJohn. C. P.