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Corfe Castle, From The Church Tower 1890
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This much fought-over castle dominates the skyline of the Isle of Purbeck. The Saxon King Edward was murdered here in 978. King Stephen failed to capture the stronghold in 1139, and the fortress was held by the forces of Simon de Montfort during his conflict with Henry III. In the Civil War it was defended by the indomitable Lady Bankes, who held out for six weeks, to the annoyance of the besieging Parliamentary troops. The castle was 'slighted' soon afterwards to reduce its strategic importance.

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A Selection of Memories from Corfe Castle

For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Corfe Castle

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Two Days Full
My husband and I were visiting the UK in 2019 and checking out areas ancestors had lived in. One of these was Corfe Castle, specifically Ower Farm. When we arrived in Corfe we noticed the visitor center, went in and I asked if there was a historian present. The gal at the desk asked me why I wanted to know, so I pulled out my genealogy information and showed it to her. She became rather excited and asked if she ...see more
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Rook Shoot
circa 1950, once a year they had a rook shoot in the castle, the men from around would meet in the square with an assortment of guns, rifles,shotguns,relics from both wars, all sorts of armoury, two of us young boys would be allotted to one gun, however many he shot we had to get the birds and then cut off their legs,the men would then take the legs to "Ottoways" shop at the top of the hill, and he would give them a cartridge for each pair of legs he handed in.
Corfe Castle, the Cross 1899
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Corfe Castle And Jesse James
Lenny Thomas,Kipper Cross ,Alligator,titmouse,drug presence,john mayo,john read,and texas spent many hours and happy days playing cowboys and Indians in the castle, that's how I got my nickname. we were all in the "Jesse James " gang, being the smallest they ran out of names before they got to me, so I became the "texas kid.
Corfe Castle, from the Church 1897
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