Knaresborough Castle
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Knaresborough Castle consists of a group of ruins overlooking the town of Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England and the valley of the River Nidd (grid reference SE348569).
It was built around 1100 by a Norman baron on a cliff above the River Nidd. In the 1170s Hugh de Moreville and his followers took refuge there after assassinating Thomas Beckett. The castle was later rebuilt between 1301-1307 by Edward I and later completed by Edward II. The castle was taken by Parliamentarian troops in 1644 during the Civil War, and largely destroyed in 1648 not as the result of warfare, but because of an order from Parliament to dismantle all Royalist castles.
The remains are open to the public and there is a charge for entry to the interior remains. The property is owned by the Crown as part of the Duchy of Lancaster holdings, but is administered by Harrogate Borough Council.
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- Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, The David & Charles Book of Castles, David & Charles, 1980, p. 249. ISBN 0-7153-7976-3
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