Eaton Socon Castle
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| Eaton Socon Castle | |
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Bedfordshire | |
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 The remains of Eaton Socon Castle | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TL173589 |
| Location: | 52°12’57"N, 0°17’2"W |
| History | |
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Eaton Socon Castle stood beside the bank of the Great Ouse in the village of Eaton Socon, in Bedfordshire, facing across the river to Eynesbury, the southern suburb of St Neots in Huntingdonshire.
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The castle was a Norman double enclosure, whose construction required the demolition of Saxon houses, and was surrounded by moats filled with water diverted from the river. It was once in possession of the de Mandeville family but by 1156 was held by the Beauchamp family, of who spring the Earls of Warwick.
Only earthworks now remain.
References
- ↑ Mackenzie, James Dixon: 'The Castles of England: their story and structure' (Macmillan, 1897) p 187
- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset: 'The David & Charles Book of Castles' (David & Charles, 1980) ISBN 0-7153-7976-3