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The Castle at Wisbech was a stone motte-and-bailey castle built to fortify Wisbech (historically in the Isle of Ely and now also in the Fenland District of Cambridgeshire, England) on the orders of William I in 1072, it probably replaced an earlier timber and turf complex. [1]
W&F acquires finds from digs in the area, it recently received some of the collection of the 2009 Dig in The Castle. W&F also worked with the Wisbech High Street project and Fenland Archaeological Society to carry out a community dig on the museum's grounds and loaned items for a temporary exhibition and open day at Wisbech castle in 2019. [35 ...
Wisbech (/ ˈ w ɪ z b iː tʃ / WIZ-beech) is a market town, inland port and civil parish in the Fenland district in Cambridgeshire, England.In 2011 it had a population of 31,573. The town lies in the far north-east of Cambridgeshire, bordering Norfolk and only 5 miles (8 km) south of Lincolnsh
Amongst these are Bolebroke Castle, Bovey Castle, Bruce Castle, Castle Ashby, Castle Howard, Clifton Castle, Highclere Castle, Mereworth Castle, New Wardour Castle, Sherborne Castle, Wentworth Castle, and Wisbech Castle. [32] Many other buildings with some castle-like features are also excluded.
On 3 January 1837 ‘On Tuesday, at St.Margaret’s, Mr. James Medworth, son of the late Joseph Medworth, gent. of the Castle, Wisbech, to Miss Hipwell, of Waterloo-Street, in this town’. [23] Reported in the Lincolnshire Chronicle of 11 May 1838 - Mr.Thomas Newson Lawrence, of Wisbech married Miss Mary Medworth Gibson on 8 May 1838. "MARRIED.
The Castle changed ownership and is currently (2022) owned by Cambridgeshire County Council and leased to Wisbech Town Council for use as a registered Community asset. The plot on which the future museum was built was a private house belonging to Dr Hardwicke in 1816.
Troops from the garrison at Wisbech Castle were used in the siege of Crowland and parts of the Fens were flooded to prevent Royalist forces entering Norfolk from Lincolnshire. The Horseshoe sluice on the river at Wisbech and the nearby castle and town defences were upgraded and cannon brought from Ely. [5]
The area of Wisbech was an important centre for English Catholicism. The castle's residents were supported by Catholic alms and were relatively comfortable. Henry Garnet reported that the keeper would allow detainees permission to move within a five-mile radius.