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Bolingbroke Castle is a ruined castle in Bolingbroke (now Old Bolingbroke) in Lincolnshire, England.[1]

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  1. 32 relations: Battle of Winceby, Beeston Castle, Blanche of Lancaster, Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire, Castles in Great Britain and Ireland, Château de Boulogne-sur-Mer, Curtain wall (fortification), Defensive wall, England, English Heritage, Fifth Crusade, First English Civil War, Greensand, Henry IV of England, Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster, Heritage Lincolnshire, John of Gaunt, Keep, Lincolnshire, List of castles in England, Lumber, Moat, Motte-and-bailey castle, Normans, Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, Roundhead, Royalist, Slighting, Soil, Spilsby, Tudor period, William Shakespeare.

  2. Buildings and structures demolished in the 17th century
  3. Castles in Lincolnshire
  4. English Heritage sites in Lincolnshire
  5. Grade I listed ruins
  6. Ruins in Lincolnshire
  7. Tourist attractions in Lincolnshire

Battle of Winceby

The Battle of Winceby took place on 11 October 1643 during the First English Civil War near the village of Winceby, Lincolnshire.

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Beeston Castle

Beeston Castle is a former Royal castle in Beeston, Cheshire, England, perched on a rocky sandstone crag above the Cheshire Plain. Bolingbroke Castle and Beeston Castle are Grade I listed castles.

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Blanche of Lancaster

Blanche of Lancaster (25 March 1342 – 12 September 1368) was a member of the English royal House of Lancaster and the daughter of the kingdom's wealthiest and most powerful peer, Henry of Grosmont, 1st Duke of Lancaster.

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Bolingbroke, Lincolnshire

Bolingbroke, now called Old Bolingbroke, is a village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

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Castles in Great Britain and Ireland

Castles have played an important military, economic and social role in Great Britain and Ireland since their introduction following the Norman invasion of England in 1066.

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Château de Boulogne-sur-Mer

The Château de Boulogne-sur-Mer is a castle in the French seaport of Boulogne-sur-Mer, in the Pas-de-Calais département.

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Curtain wall (fortification)

A curtain wall is a defensive wall between fortified towers or bastions of a castle, fortress, or town.

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Defensive wall

A defensive wall is a fortification usually used to protect a city, town or other settlement from potential aggressors.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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English Heritage

English Heritage (officially the English Heritage Trust) is a charity that manages over 400 historic monuments, buildings and places.

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Fifth Crusade

The Fifth Crusade (September 1217 - August 29, 1221) was a campaign in a series of Crusades by Western Europeans to reacquire Jerusalem and the rest of the Holy Land by first conquering Egypt, ruled by the powerful Ayyubid sultanate, led by al-Adil, brother of Saladin.

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First English Civil War

The First English Civil War took place in England and Wales from 1642 to 1646, and forms part of the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

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Greensand

Greensand or green sand is a sand or sandstone which has a greenish color.

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Henry IV of England

Henry IV (– 20 March 1413), also known as Henry Bolingbroke, was King of England from 1399 to 1413.

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Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster

Henry of Grosmont, Duke of Lancaster (– 23 March 1361) was an English statesman, diplomat, soldier, and Christian writer.

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Heritage Lincolnshire

The Heritage Trust of Lincolnshire or Heritage Lincolnshire in the shortened form of its name, is an independent charitable trust working to preserve, protect, promote and present Lincolnshire's heritage for the benefit of local people and visitors.

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John of Gaunt

John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (6 March 1340 – 3 February 1399) was an English royal prince, military leader, and statesman.

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Keep

A keep is a type of fortified tower built within castles during the Middle Ages by European nobility.

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Lincolnshire

Lincolnshire, abbreviated Lincs, is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands and Yorkshire and the Humber regions of England.

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List of castles in England

This list of castles in England is not a list of every building and site that has "castle" as part of its name, nor does it list only buildings that conform to a strict definition of a castle as a medieval fortified residence.

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Lumber

Lumber is wood that has been processed into uniform and useful sizes (dimensional lumber), including beams and planks or boards.

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Moat

A moat is a deep, broad ditch dug around a castle, fortification, building, or town, historically to provide it with a preliminary line of defence.

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Motte-and-bailey castle

A motte-and-bailey castle is a European fortification with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised area of ground called a motte, accompanied by a walled courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade.

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Normans

The Normans (Norman: Normaunds; Normands; Nortmanni/Normanni) were a population arising in the medieval Duchy of Normandy from the intermingling between Norse Viking settlers and locals of West Francia.

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Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester

Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester and 1st Earl of Lincoln (1170 – 26 October 1232), known in some references as the 4th Earl of Chester (in the second lineage of the title after the original family line was broken after the 2nd Earl), was one of the "old school" of Anglo-Norman barons whose loyalty to the Angevin dynasty was consistent but contingent on the receipt of lucrative favours.

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Roundhead

Roundheads were the supporters of the Parliament of England during the English Civil War (1642–1651).

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Royalist

A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim.

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Slighting

Slighting is the deliberate damage of high-status buildings to reduce their value as military, administrative or social structures.

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Soil

Soil, also commonly referred to as earth or dirt, is a mixture of organic matter, minerals, gases, liquids, and organisms that together support the life of plants and soil organisms.

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Spilsby

Spilsby is a market town and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England.

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Tudor period

In England and Wales, the Tudor period occurred between 1485 and 1603, including the Elizabethan era during the reign of Elizabeth I (1558–1603).

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.

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See also

Buildings and structures demolished in the 17th century

Castles in Lincolnshire

English Heritage sites in Lincolnshire

Grade I listed ruins

Ruins in Lincolnshire

Tourist attractions in Lincolnshire

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolingbroke_Castle

Also known as Boilingbroke Castle.