Eccleshall Castle,

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Date:1920

Description:A postcard view of the last surviving tower of Eccleshall Castle, on the north-east corner. On the left is a glimpse of the Manor House.

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.

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.

This postcard was published in Eccleshall by Joseph Durrad who owned a book and print shop on the High Street. It was franked in Eccleshall on 31 May 1920 and sent to an address in Hanley, Stoke on Trent.

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Image courtesy of: The Arthur Lloyd Collection

Donor ref:A Lloyd-072a (232/39881)

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