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Goodrich Castle
Newest Review: ... in politics and King Stephen at that time bought about the transfer of the now known Goodrich Castle to Gilbert Fitz Gilbert de Clare and made him Earl of Pembroke. Moving on a century later, the new owner was to be a knight of the Royal household William Marshall; It is possible that he renovated the castle and made changes, but as there are no records this cannot be confirmed; he was known ... more  ... for his work on castles during his lifetime and became quite infamous for them. Each of the Marshalls four sons inherited the fortress until the last one died childless in 1245.
The castle and the Earldom was then passed to William De Valence, who ...more |
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Goodrich Castle: The Knight life has taken the roof (2133 words)
by - written on 08/03/09 (Very useful, 593 readings)
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GOODRICH CASTLE It is the last day of our weekend away and so we visited the Heritage Centre in the middle of Ross on Wye (we were looking for a historical place to visit). As it was a Sunday it was very quite in this quaint little town, the lady at the centre gave us some tourist ideas and one of these was Goodrich Castle, so armed with a pile of tourist leaflets we left the centre and headed for the castle. You might think we are mad as it is the 1st Feb 2009 and the weather forecast says freezing weather and heavy snow falls for later that day; and we were heading for the ruins of a 12th Century castle, plus I left my gloves and scarf at home. ... Read the complete review
Old but feisty!……. (650 words)
by - written on 20/09/01 (Very useful, 123 readings)
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If you live around Herefordshire you will know about this already I’m quite sure but if you don’t or you find yourself visiting the area let me introduce you. Goodrich castle, 5 miles south of Ross-on-Wye in beautiful Herefordshire is well worth a visit. I had been there many times with my three children as we often visited Ross where my parents lived. Every time we went we had a great time and I have so many happy memories of time spent there together, as I hope they do too. As my ‘children’ are now 28, 26 and 21 they don’t really need me to take them on outings anymore, but my three foster children certainly do. My Dad ... Read the complete review
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