What is Bridgnorth Castle?
{{Infobox Military Structure |name=Bridgnorth Castle |location=[[Shropshire]], [[England]] |image=Bridgnorth castle ruins.jpg |caption=Bridgnorth Castle |map_type= |map_size= |map_alt= |map_caption= |type=[[Castle]] |materials= |height= |used=1101-1647|condition=Ruined |ownership= |open_to_public=Yes |controlledby= |battles= |events= }} '''Bridgnorth Castle''' is a [[castle]] in the town of [[Bridgnorth]], [[Shropshire]], [[England]]. == Details == The castle was founded in 1101 by Robert de Belleme. He tortured men and women and was even said to have gouged his godson's eyes out with his own fingernails.<ref>Kathleen Thompson, 'Orderic Vitalis and Robert of Bellême', Journal of Medieval History, Vol. 20 (1994), p. 133</ref> During the [[English Civil War]], in 1646, [[Oliver Cromwell]] and his [[cavaliers]] attacked [[Roundheads|roundhead]] Bridgnorth. By the time the castle was in ruins, the entire town was on fire.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aboutbridgnorth.com/lavingtons-hole/|title=AboutBridgnorth: Lavington's Hole|date=February 23, 2019|website=AboutBridgnorth}}</ref> After a three-week siege, Cromwell was successful and he ordered that the castle be demolished in 1647.<ref >[http://www.shropshiretourism.co.uk/castles/bridgnorth/ Bridgnorth Castle] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180930043704/https://www.shropshiretourism.co.uk/castles/bridgnorth/ |date=2018-09-30 }}, ShropshireTourism.co.uk, accessed May 2010</ref> [[File:Bridgnorth_castle_DSC00377.JPG|left|thumb|Bridgnorth Castle and surrounding garden]] The castle leans at more of an angle than the [[Leaning Tower of Pisa]] by 4 times.<ref>[http://www.channel4.com/history/microsites/T/timeteam/archive/2001bri.html#the The Leaning Tower of Bridgnorth, Shropshire], ''[[Time Team]]'', episode aired 18 March 2001, accessed May 2010</ref> == Related pages == *[[Lavington's hole]] == References == {{reflist}} == Sources == * Fry, Plantagenet Somerset, ''The David & Charles Book of Castles'', David & Charles, 1980. {{ISBN|0-7153-7976-3}