North Yorkshire
Selby District
Cawood

Cawood Castle

Cawood Castle is a grade I listed building in , a village in , . The surviving fifteenth-century structures formed part of a fortified medieval palace belonging to the Archbishops of York, which was dismantled in the aftermath of the English Civil War.
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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: Grade I listed quadrangular castle in Cawood, Selby, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
  • Also known as: “Cawood Castle and Castle Garth: residence of the medieval Archbishops of York and associated enclosure containing gardens, five”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Cawood Bridge and All Saints’ Church, Cawood.

Bridge
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is a swing bridge which spans the Yorkshire River Ouse in , . Construction was authorised in 1870, with the formation of the Company. is situated 590 feet northeast of Cawood Castle.

Church
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All Saints' Church is the of , in , England. is situated 1,300 feet east of Cawood Castle.

Historic house
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was a priory near , , . It was founded as a nunnery c. 1150, by Eustace de Merch and his wife. It was dissolved by 1539, when the nuns were receiving pensions. is situated 2 miles northwest of Cawood Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Cawood and Bolton Percy.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England that is notable as the location of the sword. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, belonged to the Liberty of , Wistow and Otley.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the county of , England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 305 in 115 households, reducing marginally to 304 at the 2011 census. is situated 3½ miles northwest of Cawood Castle.

Village
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is a village and civil parish in the county of , England, four miles from on the . Its name comes from the Scandinavian personal name Úlfr, while skelf may be an Old English word meaning "a flat area", although it could be from the Old Scandinavian equivalent, 'skialf' as in several other English place names, e.g. , . is situated 3½ miles northwest of Cawood Castle.

Cawood Castle

Latitude
53.83228° or 53° 49′ 56″ north
Longitude
-1.12922° or 1° 7′ 45″ west
Elevation
30 feet (9 metres)
Open location code
9C5WRVJC+W8
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1617511225
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Geo­Names ID
6286963
Wiki­data ID
Q5055225
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