Bredwardine Castle facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Bredwardine Castle |
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| Bredwardine, Herefordshire, England | |
The castle site today
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 Bredwardine Castle
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| Coordinates | 52°05′38″N 2°58′20″W / 52.0939°N 2.9721°W |
Bredwardine Castle was an old castle located in the village of Bredwardine, England. It sat right next to the River Wye in Herefordshire. Experts believe it was built in the late 1100s. Sadly, by the 1400s, it was already a ruin.
A Look Back in Time
After the Norman Conquest
After the Normans took over England in 1066, the land where Bredwardine Castle would later stand was given to a person named John de Bredwardine. He became the "Lord of the Manor," which meant he was in charge of that area.
Building the Castle
It is thought that the castle was built sometime between 1150 and 1200. By the year 1227, the castle belonged to the Baskerville family. Later, in the 1300s, a powerful person named Hugh de Lacy took control of it.
Rebuilding and Ruin
Bredwardine Castle was made stronger during a time of wars in England. These wars were between King Stephen and Empress Maud. However, the castle was later taken apart during the rule of King Henry II or King Henry III.
By the mid-1400s, the castle was described as a "waste site." This meant it was just a ruined place with no value. The ruined castle and its land then passed from the Baskerville family to the Vaughan family.
Roger Vaughan was a member of this family. He was also the son-in-law of a famous Welsh soldier named Dafydd Gam. Roger changed the castle and manor house into a large home with many gables (pointed roof sections). Today, you can only find small traces of the stone walls from the old tower.
