This a bibliography of the regional surveys and gazetteers of medieval fortifications and palaces in England and Wales. These texts are important sources (along with national and county archaeological databases) for the Gatehouse website.
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text and it's publication details
- The Royal Commission Inventories are of
varing quality, older surveys can be poor, but are often the best available
resource, newer surveys are excellent and represent the gold standard for
archaeological recording of castles.
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The Victoria County Histories give full histories of the major sites and covers some of the minor sites but are, by no means, comprehensive. The 'earthworks' sections in the early volumes are useful but are dated and need to be read with much circumspection. Parish histories are very useful for establishing manorial tenure and such like but coverage of these is patchy (Staffordshire, which has particularly good coverage and over 15 volumes published, still has only half the county covered.) A number of VCH editions are available online, along with other useful texts at British History Online.
- David J. Cathcart King, 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum is the main inspiration, prime authority and a major source for the Gatehouse web site. In many ways Gatehouse merely extends and updates King's work although without his impressive and extensive field and historical work.
- Nikolaus Pevsner's Buildings of England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales series covers some of the greater masonry fortifications and very occasionally mentions some of the existing earthworks.
- H. M. Colvin et al, 1963-1982, The History of the King's Works
- Derek Renn, 1973 (2nd edition), Norman Castles in Britain
- Plantagenet Somerset Fry, 1980, Castles of the British Isles
- Charles W. C. Omen, 1928, Castles
- D. J. Cathcart King and Leslie Alcock, 1969, 'Ringworks of England and Wales'
- C. G. Harfield, 1991, 'A Hand-list of Castles Recorded in the Domesday Book'
- John R. Kenyon, 2010, The Medieval Castles of Wales
- Adrian Pettifer, 1995, English Castles, a guide by counties
- Adrian Pettifer, 2000, Welsh Castles, a guide by counties
- Alan Reid, 1998, Castles of Wales
- A. J. A. Hogg and D. J. C. King, 1963, 'Early Castles in Wales and The Marches'
- A. J. A. Hogg and D. J. C. King, 1967, 'Masonry Castles in Wales and The Marches'
- Sidney Toy, 1966, The Castles of Great Britain
- Alfred Harvey, 1911, The Castles and Walled Towns of England
- James Mackenzie, 1896, The castles of England their story and structure
- Anthony Emery, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300-1500 Volume I
- Anthony Emery, 2000, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300-1500 Volume II
- Anthony Emery, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300-1500 Volume III
- H. G. Ramm, R. W. McDowell and Eric Mercer, 1970, Shielings and Bastles
- C. J. Bond, 1987, 'Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Defences' (Urban Defences)
- M. W. Barley, 1975, 'Town Defences in England and Wales after 1066'
- Maurice Beresford, 1967, New Towns of the Middle Ages
- Oliver Creighton and Robert Higham, 2005, Medieval Town Walls
- Mike Salter, 2013, Medieval Walled Towns
- Ian Soulsby, 1983, The Towns of Medieval Wales
- M. W. Thompson, 1998, Medieval Bishops Houses in England and Wales
- Naomi Payne, 2003, The medieval residences of the bishops of Bath and Wells, and Salisbury
- John R. Kenyon, 1981, 'Early Artillery Fortifications in England and Wales'
- Welsh county and regional surveys
- Mike Salter, 1997, The Castles of North Wales
- Mike Salter, 2001, The Castles of Mid Wales
- Mike Salter, 1996, The Castles of South-West Wales
- Mike Salter, 1991, The Castles of Gwent, Glamorgan & Gower
- Paul Martin Remfry, 1996, Castles of Radnorshire
- Paul Martin Remfry, 1999, Castles of Breconshire
- Paul Martin Remfry, 1995, Ten Castles of Radnor Lordship 1066-1304
- Paul Davis, 2000, A Company of Forts; A Guide to the Medieval Castles of West Wales
- Paul R. Davis, 1983, Castles of Glamorgan
- D. J. C. King, 1961, 'The Castles of Breconshire'
- C. J. Spurgeon, 1965, 'The Castles of Montgomeryshire'
- Dillwyn Miles, 1979, Castles of Pembrokeshire
- Bernard Morris and Harold Grenfell, 1970, The Castles of Gower
- Richard Avent, 1983, Castles of the Princes of Gwynedd
- Paul R. Davis, 2007, Castles of the Welsh Princes
- Paul R. Davis, 2011, The Forgotten Castles of Wales
- Henry John Randall, 1961, 'The Vale of Glamorgan'
- Jack Spurgeon et al, 1999, 'Supposed Castles in Glamorgan'
- Jack Spurgeon, 2001, 'The Medieval Town Defences of Glamorgan'
- Thomas G Stickings, 1972, The Castles and Strongholds of Pembrokeshire
- Lise Hull, 2005, Castles and Bishops Palaces of Pembrokeshire
- Neil Phillips, 2005, Earthwork Castles of Gwent and Ergyng AD1050-1250
- English county and regional surveys
- Mike Salter, 1997, The Castles and Tower Houses of Northumberland
- Mike Salter, 1998, The Castles and Tower Houses of Cumbria
- Mike Salter, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Yorkshire
- Mike Salter, 2002, The Castles and Tower Houses of County Durham
- Mike Salter, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Lancashire and Cheshire
- Mike Salter, 2001, The Castles and Moated Mansion of Shropshire
- Mike Salter, 1989, The Castles and Moated Mansion of Staffordshire and The West Midlands County
- Mike Salter, 1997, The Castles and Moated Mansion of Staffordshire
- Mike Salter, 1992, The Castles and Moated Mansion of Warwickshire
- Mike Salter, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands
- Mike Salter, 2001, The Castles of East Anglia
- Mike Salter, 2000, The Castles of Herefordshire and Worcestershire
- Mike Salter, 2002, The Castles of Gloucestershire and Bristol
- Mike Salter, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns
- Mike Salter, 2000, The Castles of Sussex
- Mike Salter, 2000, The Castles of Kent
- Mike Salter, 2001, The Castles of Surrey
- Mike Salter, 2002, The Castles of Wessex
- Mike Salter, 1999, The Castles of Devon and Cornwall
- Mike Salter, 2002, Index and Amendments to Mike Salter's English Castles Books
- Mike Salter, 1993, Midland Castles
- M. J. Jackson, 1992, Castles of Northumbria
- M. J. Jackson, 1996, Castles of Durham and Cleveland
- M. J. Jackson, 1990, Castles of Cumbria
- M. J. Jackson, 2001, Castles of North Yorkshire
- M. J. Jackson, 1998, Castles of Shropshire
- Mike Osborne, 2011, Defending Lincolnshire: A Military History from Conquest to Cold War
- Mike Osborne, 2011, Defending Hampshire: The Military Landscape from Prehistory to the Present
- Mike Osborne, 2012, Defending London: The Military Landscape from Prehistory to the Present
- Mike Osborne, 2013, Defending Essex: The Military Landscape from Prehistory to the Present
- Robert Hugill, 1977, Castles and Peles of Cumberland and Westmorland
- Robert Hugill, 1979, The Castles and Towers of the County of Durham
- Robert Hugill, 1970, Castles and Peles of the English Border
- Denis R. Perriam & John Robinson, 1998, The Medieval Fortified Buildings of Cumbria
- Christopher Brooke, 2000, Safe Sanctuaries (Fortified Churches of the Scottish March)
- John F. Curwen, 1913, The Castles and Fortified Towers of Cumberland, Westmorland, and Lancashire North-of-the-Sands
- Jean Cope, 1991, Castles in Cumbria
- Cadwallader John Bates, 1891, The Border Holds of Northumberland
- John F. Dodds, 1999, Bastions and Belligerents (covers Northumberland)
- Brian Long, 1967, Castles of Northumberland
- Ed Geldard, 2009, Northumberland Strongholds
- Frank Graham, 1967, The Castles of Northumberland
- Stan Beckensall, 2010, Coastal Castles of Northumberland
- Leslie Irving Gibson, 1977, Lancashire Castles and Towers
- J. L. Illingsworth, 1970, Yorkshires Ruined Castles
- Tom Garlick, 1972, Yorkshire Castles
- H. E. Jean le Patourel, 1973, The Moated Sites of Yorkshire
- Bernard Ingham, 2001, Bernard Ingham's Yorkshire Castles
- Maurice Turner, 2004, Yorkshire Castles Exploring Historic Yorkshire
- Mary Higham, 1991, 'The Mottes of North Lancashire, Lonsdale and South Cumbria'
- Brian Grimsditch, Michael Nevell and Richard Nevell, 2012, Buckton Castle and the castles of North West England
- P. W. Cullen and R Hordern, 1986, The Castles of Cheshire
- Lily Chitty, 1949, 'Subsidiary Castle Sites West of Shrewsbury'
- David J. C. King and C. J. Spurgeon, 1965, 'The Mottes in the Vale of Montgomery'
- Madge Moran, 2003, Vernacular Buildings of Shropshire
- Peter and Anne Duckers, 2006, Castles of Shropshire
- Ron Shoesmith, 2009 revised edition, Castles and Moated Sites of Herefordshire
- Neil Phillips, 2005, Earthwork Castles of Gwent and Ergyng AD1050-1250
- Barbara Rawes, 1977, 'A Check List of Castles and other Fortified Sites of Medieval Date in Gloucestershire'
- D. M. Palliser, 1972, 'Staffordshire Castles A Provisional List'
- Leonard M. Cantor, 1966, 'The Medieval Castles of Staffordshire'
- Robert F. Hartley, 1983, The Mediaeval Earthworks of Rutland
- Robert F. Hartley, 1984, The Mediaeval Earthworks of North West Leicestershire A Survey
- Leonard M. Cantor, 1977, 'The Medieval Castles of Leicestershire'
- Leonard Cantor, 2003, The Scheduled Ancient Monuments of Leicestershire and Rutland
- Oliver Creighton, 1997, 'Early Leicestershire Castles: Archaeology and Landscape History'
- Oliver Creighton, 2000, 'The Medieval Castles of Rutland'
- Oliver Creighton, 1999, 'Early Castles in the Medieval Landscape of Rutland'
- Michael E. Smith, 1992, Castles & Manor Houses in and around Derbyshire
- Sarah Speight, 1994, 'Early Medieval Castle Sites in Nottinghamshire'
- Sarah Speight, 1995, 'Four More Early Medieval 'Castle' Sites in Nottinghamshire'
- James Wright, 2008, Castles of Nottinghamshire
- Derek Renn, 1971, Medieval Castles in Hertfordshire
- Alison Taylor, 1986, Castles of Cambridgeshire
- Peter Kent, 1988, Fortifications of East Anglia
- Sue Margeson, Fabienne Seillier and Andrew Rogerson, 1994, The Normans in Norfolk
- Brian Cushion and Alan Davison, 2003, Earthworks of Norfolk
- Robert Liddiard, 2005, 'The Castle Landscape of Anglo-Norman East Anglia: A Regional Perspective'
- Peter Wade-Martins (ed), 1994, An Historical Atlas of Norfolk
- David Dymond and Edward Wartin (eds), 1999, An Historical Atlas of Suffolk
- David Neville, 2003, Lost Castles of Essex
- Andrew Lowerre, 2005, Placing Castles in the Conquest: Landscape, Lordship and Local Politics in the South-Eastern Midlands, 1066-1100
- James Scott Petre, Jim Inglis and Jeremy Oetgen, 2012, The Castles of Bedfordshire
- John Schofield, 1994, Medieval London Houses
- Alan Turton, 2010, Castles in Wessex
- Robert Dunning, 1995, Somerset Castles
- Colin Pomeroy, 1998, Discover Dorset Castles and Forts
- Phil Wilton, 1995, Castles of Dorset
- Oliver H. Creighton, 2000, 'Early Castles in the Medieval Landscape of Wiltshire'
- J. P. Williams-Freeman, 1915, An Introduction to Field Archaeology as Illustrated by Hampshire
- William George Barron, 1985, The Castles of Hampshire and Isle of Wight
- Michael Hughes, 1989, 'Hampshire Castles and the Landscape 1066-1216'
- John Guy, 1984, Castles in Sussex
- John Guy, 1980, Kent Castles
- David Waldron Smithers, 1980, Castles in Kent
- Robert Higham, 1982, 'Early Castles in Devon'
- Robert Higham, 1988, 'Devon Castles: an annotated list'
- James Mildren, 1987, Castles of Devon
- I. D. Spreadbury, 1984, Castles in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly
- Mary and Hal Price, 1980, Castles of Cornwall
- Mike Salter, 2001, The Castles and Old Churches of the Channel Islands
- Mike Salter, 1997, The Castles and Old Churches of the Isle of Man
