Pleshey Castle
Pleshey Castle is a man-made motte and bailey castle in Pleshey in Essex, England. It was built in the 11th century and it is one of the best preserved motte and bailey castles in England.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Essex, England, UK
- Also known as: “Pleshey Castle and town enclosure”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Church of Holy Trinity, Pleshey and The Leather Bottle Public House.
Church of Holy Trinity, Pleshey
Church
Photo: John Winfield, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Church of Holy Trinity, Pleshey is situated 710 feet west of Pleshey Castle.
The Leather Bottle Public House
Pub
Photo: Trevor Harris, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Leather Bottle Public House is situated 730 feet north of Pleshey Castle.
Langleys
Historic house
Photo: David Kemp, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Langleys is a historic house, which is situated 2 miles east of Pleshey Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Breeds and Fanner’s Green.
Breeds
Hamlet
Breeds is a hamlet in the Great Waltham civil parish of the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. It is situated on South Street of the village of Great Waltham, to which it is conjoined, and of which it is part. Breeds is situated 1½ miles southeast of Pleshey Castle.
Fanner’s Green
Hamlet
Fanner's Green is a hamlet and cul-de-sac road in the Great Waltham civil parish of the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. It is situated 1 mile south-west from the village of Great Waltham. Fanner’s Green is situated 1½ miles southeast of Pleshey Castle.
Chignall Smealy
Hamlet
Photo: John Winfield, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chignall Smealy or Chignal Smealey is a small village in the civil parish of Chignall in the Chelmsford district of Essex, England. It lies 4 miles north-west of the centre of Chelmsford. Chignall Smealy is situated 1½ miles south of Pleshey Castle.
Pleshey Castle
- Categories: motte-and-bailey castle, archaeological site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Pleshey, Chelmsford District, Essex, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Pleshey Castle” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pleshey Castle”
- German: “Pleshey Castle”
- Latin: “Castellum de Plesseto”
- Swedish: “Pleshey Castle”
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