Stafford Castle

Stafford Castle is an ancient Grade II listed castle situated 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the town of Stafford in Staffordshire, England. From the time of the Norman Conquest and as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 it was the seat of the powerful Anglo-Norman Stafford family (originally de Tosny, later via a female line de Stafford), feudal barons of Stafford, later Barons Stafford (1299) by writ, Earls of Stafford (1351) and Dukes of Buckingham (1444). The 14th-century stone keep was demolished in 1643, during the Civil War, having been held for the Royalists by Lady Isabel Stafford. The castle was remodelled in the early 19th century by the Jerningham family in the Gothic Revival style, on the foundations of the medieval structure, and incorporates much of the original stonework.

Today the A518 Stafford-to-Newport Road passes next to it and it is a prominent local landmark visible from the M6 motorway and from the West Coast inter-city mainline.

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Stafford Castle ranks #2,328 of 7,738 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #161 of the 329 mapped in England. Founded 1100, it is older than 87% of the atlas's dated landmarks — one of 317 atlas entries founded in the 11th century. Its Wikipedia articles were opened 1,915 times in the last 60 days, more than 65% of the atlas. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Stoke-on-Trent, 23 km away. See how England compares in the castle statistics.

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