Monday, June 29, 2009

Stokesay Castle, Shropshire



a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgoII_q3ftKMx-o9ILj3nmge-TvzOBoSk_TZNmZP8rYVGDa_KOJIiwuJEFJr2hKmKKqNKFgNNOvg3iB0-M24NnDeeV4qibHg2LjEwnws7YvEoykkI4owCpj-XJUrUo3xalnyOpBFJH3bJz/s1600-h/stokesay.jpg"img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5352486106369679666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgoII_q3ftKMx-o9ILj3nmge-TvzOBoSk_TZNmZP8rYVGDa_KOJIiwuJEFJr2hKmKKqNKFgNNOvg3iB0-M24NnDeeV4qibHg2LjEwnws7YvEoykkI4owCpj-XJUrUo3xalnyOpBFJH3bJz/s400/stokesay.jpg" border="0" //aAnother gem from the British Pathe website is this a href="http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=36454"film of Stokesay Castle/a from 1936, complete with a commentary from Mr Cholmondeley-Warner.br /br /Except that, apart from the tasteful conversion of part of the gatehouse to include a teashop, Stokesay looks exactly the same today as it did 60 years ago.br /br /As a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/server.php?show=nav.16793"the English Heritage page for Stokesay/a says:br /blockquoteStokesay Castle is quite simply the finest and best preserved fortified medieval manor house in England. Set in peaceful countryside near the Welsh border, the castle, timber-framed gatehouse and parish church form an unforgettably picturesque group./blockquoteYou can find Stokesay Castle on the A49 in Shropshire, just south of Craven Arms.div class="blogger-post-footer"img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6606798-5176715048476223276?l=liberalengland.blogspot.com'//div

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