Old Bolingbroke
| Old Bolingbroke | |
| Lincolnshire | |
|---|---|
 Old Bolingbroke | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TF348651 |
| Location: | 53°9’60"N, -0°-0’58"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 298 (2001) |
| Postcode: | PE23 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Lindsey |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Louth and Horncastle |
Bolingbroke, now called Old Bolingbroke, is a village near Spilsby in Lincolnshire. The village of New Bolingbroke lies 6 miles to the southwest.
The Greenwich Meridian passes to the west of Old Bolingbroke.
Bolingbroke Castle
William de Roumare, Earl of Lincoln (born 'circa' 1096) built Old Bolingbroke Castle in the 12th century, a motte and bailey castle, with a wet ditch. In the early 13th century, a new castle was constructed at the present site by Ranulph de Blondeville, 4th Earl of Chester.
Later John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, a son of King Edward III, acquired the castle. In 1367, John's son Henry was born there, who was known as Henry Bolingbroke. He later overthrew his cousin King Richard II and became King Henry IV.
The castle underwent a siege during the Civil War in 1643, as the Royalists used it to garrison troops prior to the Battle of Winceby (11 October 1643). The last remaining structure fell down in 1815. The site eventually became a grassy hillock, which archeologists excavated in the 1970s.
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