Anstey Castle was in the village of Anstey, Hertfordshire (grid reference TL404330). For Anstey in Leicestershire see Anstey Leicestershire Anstey is a village and Civil parish in the East Hertfordshire district of Hertfordshire Hertfordshire (ˈhɑːtfədʃə(r, abbreviated Herts) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using Latitude and Longitude
It was a 12th century stone motte and bailey fortress, founded by Eustace, Count of Boulogne. nA motte-and-bailey is a form of Castle. Many were built in Britain, Ireland and France in the 11th and 12th centuries favored as a relatively [1] It was strengthened during the Magna Carta war of 1215–16 by an opponent of King John. Magna Carta ( Latin for Great Charter, literally " Great Paper " also called Magna Carta Libertatum ( Great Charter of Freedoms John (24 December 1167 &ndash 19 October 1216 reigned as a King of England from 6 April 1199 until his death [2] Only the mound now remains.
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- ^ Anstey Castle. CastleUK. net. Retrieved on 2007-11-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1777 - San Jose California, is founded as el Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe
- ^ Fry, Plantagenet Somerset (1980). Plantagenet Somerset Fry, born Peter George Robin Fry ( 3 January 1931 &ndash 10 September 1996) was a British The David & Charles Book of Castles. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 178.
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