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It passes Croft Castle and the Iron Age hill fort Croft Ambrey (not far from Wigmore and the initial seat of Mortimer power), and then passes through quiet Aymestrey. Near Aymestrey it passes through Puckhouse Wood, reputedly haunted by pucks or wood sprites. According to lore, a traveller lost in the wood at night paid a stipend for a bell to ...
Owned by the Croft family since 1085, the castle and estate passed out of their hands in the 18th century, before being repurchased by the family in 1923. In 1957 it was bequeathed to the National Trust. The castle is a Grade I listed building, and the estate is separately listed as Grade II*. The adjacent Church of St Michael is listed Grade I.
Croft Ambrey, on Yatton Hill, is in the civil parish of Aymestrey, 6 miles (10 km) north from Leominster, 3.5 miles (6 km) south-east from the South Shropshire border, and approximately 7 miles (11 km) east from the Wales border. The fort is on high ground beyond and adjoining the north-east boundary of National Trust Croft Castle parkland.
Croft is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Croft and Yarpole, in north Herefordshire, England. [1] [2] In 1961 the parish had a population of 25. [3] On 1 April 1987 the parish was abolished and merged with Yarpole to form "Croft & Yarpole". [4] Croft Castle was built in the 14th century and was the seat of the Croft family.
Bircher Common is an area of lowland heath in the civil parish of Croft and Yarpole in Herefordshire, England, and 6 miles (10 km) north from Leominster. The common, owned by the National Trust , is adjacent at the west to Croft Castle , a further National Trust Property. [ 1 ]
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In 1069 William the Conqueror dammed the Foss just south of York Castle, close to its confluence with the Ouse creating a moat around the castle. [2] It caused the river to flood further upstream in what is now the Hungate and Layerthorpe areas, forming a large lake that was known as the "King's Pool" or the "King's Fish Pond" and which ...
The castle, which has a storied past detailed on the blog, served as an oasis for the Abercrombie family after they endured the tragic deaths of two of the four children: Lucy in 1929, and David ...