Date:1900 - 1910 (c.)
Description:Archaeological surveys have found evidence of two other towers, on the south-east and north-west corners; it is probable there was also a fourth tower on the south-west corner. A bridge, which has survived, spanned the now dry moat (seen on the left). The castle was used as the residence of the Bishops of Lichfield. The first reference to this building was in 1200, when Bishop Geoffrey Muschamp obtained a royal licence to embattle a manor house in the town. The castle was enlarged by Bishop Walter de Langton between 1297 and 1321. In 1643 the castle was badly damaged whilst under siege by Parliamentarian forces during the Civil War, so in the latter half of the seventeenth century Bishop Lloyd built a new house within the ruins of the old. This is the manor house which can still be seen today.
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Entrance to the last surviving tower of Eccleshall Castle, on the north-east corner. Archaeological ...
View of the manor house of the castle from the moat. The tower on the left was ...
The castle was used as the residence of the Bishops of Lichfield. The first reference ...
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Image courtesy of: Brampton Museum & Art Gallery, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Donor ref:Borough Museum No., Ref/Sta/2/P7/56, img: 2839 (18/3212)
Source: Staffordshire Museum Service
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