Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for STOURTON-CASTLE

STOURTON-CASTLE, a seat in the SW of Stafford; 3¼ miles W by N of Stourbridge. It was the birthplace of Cardinal Pole; was taken in 1644, by the parliamentarians; belonged once to the Hamptons; and passed to the Grazebrooks.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a seat"   (ADL Feature Type: "residential sites")
Administrative units: Staffordshire AncC
Place: Stourton

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