Maidstone, Allington Castle 1898
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41547
More about this scene
This romantic-looking castle, set in a bend of the River Medway, was founded in early Norman times, and rebuilt in the late 13th century by Sir Stephen de Penchester, the Warden of the Cinque Ports. Further alterations were made by the Wyatt family when it came into their possession in 1493, and Sir Thomas Wyatt, the father of the English sonnet, was born here in 1503. The buildings were to undergo further extensive restoration at the hands of the mountaineer Lord Martin Conway eight years after this picture was taken.
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