Name Index

To

Lydford and its castle

Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol. 11, (1879). pp. 283-302.

by

Richard Nichols Worth

Prepared by Michael Steer

The first castle in Lydford, was built just after the Norman conquest. It was intended to help control Devon following the widespread revolt against Norman rule in 1068. It was abandoned by the 12th century. The second castle was constructed in 1195 following a wave of law and order problems across England. It included a stone tower with a surrounding bailey, and rapidly became used as a prison and court to administer the laws in the Forest of Dartmoor and the Devon stannaries. In 1342 the castle, still being used as a prison and courtroom, passed to the Duchy of Cornwall, who owned it until the 20th century. Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. This rare book was produced from a copy held by the University of Michigan Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.