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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/captainpenguin/">Nigel Cliff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/52422926956/" title="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220006_DxO"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52422926956_f6a4d4f9a3_m.jpg" width="192" height="240" alt="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220006_DxO" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/captainpenguin/">Nigel Cliff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/52422368397/" title="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220028_DxO"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52422368397_8bcdd51c5f_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220028_DxO" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/captainpenguin/">Nigel Cliff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/52423173864/" title="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220020_DxO"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52423173864_2c3e659acf_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220020_DxO" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/captainpenguin/">Nigel Cliff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/52423186459/" title="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220014_DxO"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52423186459_b95da1f76d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220014_DxO" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/captainpenguin/">Nigel Cliff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/52422395882/" title="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220013_DxO"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52422395882_f605f16836_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220013_DxO" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/captainpenguin/">Nigel Cliff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/52422387982/" title="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220016_DxO"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52422387982_f2b0925288_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220016_DxO" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/captainpenguin/">Nigel Cliff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/52423448983/" title="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220004_DxO"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52423448983_e230dd4c9f_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220004_DxO" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/captainpenguin/">Nigel Cliff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/52422423817/" title="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220002_DxO"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52422423817_7df6332194_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220002_DxO" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/bazrichardson/">Baz Richardson - back for a few weeks</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bazrichardson/52421708312/" title="Stokesay Castle, Shropshire"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52421708312_a6bff145b7_m.jpg" width="240" height="159" alt="Stokesay Castle, Shropshire" /></a></p> <p>Stokesay Castle is a few miles north of Ludlow, in the southern part of Shropshire. This fortified manor house was built in the late 13th century by Laurence of Ludlow, then the leading wool merchant in England, who intended it to form a secure residence and generate income as a commercial estate. Laurence's descendants continued to own the castle until the 16th century, when it passed through various private owners. By the time of the outbreak of the English Civil War in 1641, Stokesay was owned by William Craven, the first Earl of Craven and a supporter of King Charles I. After the Royalist war effort collapsed in 1645, Parliamentary forces besieged the castle in June and quickly forced its garrison to surrender. <br /> <br /> Architecturally, Stokesay Castle is &quot;one of the best-preserved medieval fortified manor houses in England&quot;, according to historian Henry Summerson. It is Grade I-listed. The castle comprises a walled, moated enclosure, with an entrance way through a 17th-century timber and plaster gatehouse (see below). The castle was never intended to be a serious military fortification, but its style was intended to echo the much larger castles being built by Edward I in North Wales. The castle has changed very little since it was built, and is a rare surviving example of a near complete set of medieval buildings.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/rosbornking/">ROK photography</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosbornking/52362957859/" title="Stokesay Castle, Shropshire"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52362957859_bf568bec2d_m.jpg" width="240" height="156" alt="Stokesay Castle, Shropshire" /></a></p> <p>Built in the late-13th century, the castle is still fully intact, an incredible survival of the period, with all rooms open to the public.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/rosbornking/">ROK photography</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/rosbornking/52358133962/" title="The Gatehouse, Stokesay Castle"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52358133962_b4e4452cab_m.jpg" width="240" height="173" alt="The Gatehouse, Stokesay Castle" /></a></p> <p>Shropshire</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/captainpenguin/">Nigel Cliff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/52422371562/" title="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220026_DxO"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52422371562_6e3b6bbe5d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220026_DxO" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/captainpenguin/">Nigel Cliff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/52423346110/" title="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220018_DxO"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52423346110_2b9a9df80d_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220018_DxO" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/captainpenguin/">Nigel Cliff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/52422411312/" title="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220007_DxO"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52422411312_75008b9c51_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220007_DxO" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/captainpenguin/">Nigel Cliff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/52423430668/" title="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220010_DxO"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52423430668_f85485e218_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220010_DxO" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/captainpenguin/">Nigel Cliff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/52422356947/" title="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220030_DxO"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52422356947_ce3f4eab74_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220030_DxO" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/captainpenguin/">Nigel Cliff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/52423453883/" title="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220001_DxO"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52423453883_855b48dd11_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220001_DxO" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/captainpenguin/">Nigel Cliff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/52423426398/" title="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220011_DxO"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52423426398_13083005aa_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220011_DxO" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/captainpenguin/">Nigel Cliff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/52423203489/" title="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220008_DxO"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52423203489_b03436c0e6_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220008_DxO" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/captainpenguin/">Nigel Cliff</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/captainpenguin/52422361267/" title="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220029_DxO"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52422361267_cec46d25a4_m.jpg" width="160" height="240" alt="EH Stokesay Castle 12.10.20220029_DxO" /></a></p>

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