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Ludlow Castle is a ruined medieval fortification in the town of the same name in the English county of Shropshire, standing on a promontory overlooking the River Teme.The castle was probably founded by Walter de Lacy after the Norman Conquest and was one of the first stone castles to be built in England.
Ludlow Castle was a parish of its own, contained within the castle's walls and the immediate hillside; it was abolished in 1901 and ceded to Ludlow's civil parish. [105] Other than Ludford, the only other civil parish in the present-day that neighbours Ludlow is Bromfield.
Castle Lodge. Castle Lodge is a medieval Tudor and Elizabethan architectural transition period house in Ludlow, Shropshire, situated close to Ludlow Castle. Scenes from the 1965 film version of Moll Flanders were shot here. Castle Lodge has one of the largest collections of oak panelling in England and dates from the early 13th century, rebuilt ...
Comus (A Masque Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634) is a masque in honour of chastity written by John Milton.It was first presented on Michaelmas 1634 before John Egerton, 1st Earl of Bridgewater at Ludlow Castle in celebration of the Earl's new post as Lord President of Wales.
Arms of de Lacy: Or a lion rampant purpure The entrance (right) to the inner bailey of Ludlow Castle, next to the keep (left). What is now the inner bailey marks the limit of the Norman castle. Roger de Lacy [1] (died after 1106) was an Anglo-Norman nobleman, a Marcher Lord on the Welsh border. Roger was a castle builder, especially at Ludlow ...
Lord Williams died at Ludlow Castle on 14 October 1559. His body having been returned to Rycote in preparation for a funeral held in Thame Church on 15 November, he was buried in this tomb. John Williams, 1st Baron Williams of Thame (c. 1500 – 14 October 1559) [1] was Master of the Jewels and Lord President of the Council of the Welsh Marches ...
This list contains the listed buildings in the northern area of the town, including those along a line stretching from Castle Square at the west, along Market Street, King Street and Tower Street at the east, and buildings to the north of this line. The listed buildings in the southern area can be found at Listed buildings in Ludlow (southern ...
Two vessels of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ludlow Castle after Ludlow Castle in Shropshire: HMS Ludlow Castle (1707) was a 42-gun 1706 Establishment frigate launched in 1707 and rebuilt as a 40-gun 1719 Establishment frigate in 1723. She was hulked at Antigua in 1743 and sold in 1749. HMS Ludlow Castle (1744) was a 44-gun 1741 ...