Badbury (The Gatehouse Record)

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as;
Bradbury

In the historic county of Wiltshire.
Modern Authority of Wiltshire.
1974 county of Wiltshire.
Medieval County of Wiltshire.

Badbury has been described as a Timber Castle although is doubtful that it was such.

There are uncertain remains.

Comments

Why this is not the same as Harvey's Badbury and the iron age hill fort Barbury Castle is unclear. Presumably King was being cautious. Harvey does not list Bradbury or Barbury and places a query mark after this entry. Harvey's list was a collation of other authors, including Moore and the most likely explanation of Badbury is a typographical error for Moore's Bradbury. Gatehouse is confident these are the same.
Moore lists this as Castle and Church suggesting some substantial remains. Is this the same as Leland's Badbury near Wimborne, Dorset, confused with Bradbury? Whatever it seems unlikely to be a medieval castle either in Wiltshire or elsewhere.

Sources of information, references and further reading

Further information may be available from the holder of the county Historic Environment Record.

Books
- King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 502 (possible)
  Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (London: Methuen and Co) p. 264
  Moore, James, 1798, List of the Principal Castles and Monasteries in Great Britain (London) p. 45 online copy

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