Type: Sites and monuments databases or inventories Publisher: Archaeology Data Service
The castle was originally constructed as a motte and bailey, by William the Conqueror during the 1070s-80s, as part of a chain of defences designed to protect London. It comprises a motte with a large bailey on either side. Henry I used the castle as a royal residence and it became a palac...
Type: Sites and monuments databases or inventories Publisher: Archaeology Data Service
The castle was originally constructed as a motte and bailey, by William the Conqueror during the 1070s-80s, as part of a chain of defences designed to protect London. It comprises a motte with a large bailey on either side. Henry I used the castle as a royal residence and it became a palac...
Type: Sites and monuments databases or inventories Publisher: Archaeology Data Service
This lesser hospital was founded in 1485 from a bequest in the will of John Gardyner dated 1472. His will provided for a priest to pay one penny per day to 4 almspeople, and for a chantry chapel in the adjacent Church of St Mary (qv). The almshouses stood at St Marys Gate to the East of Vi...