Heighley Castle (or Heleigh Castle) is a ruined medieval castle near Madeley, Staffordshire. The castle was completed by the Audley family in 1233 and for over 300 years was one of their ancestral homes. It was held for Charles I during the English Civil War and was destroyed by Parliamentary forces in the 1640s. The ruinous remains comprise masonry fragments, mostly overgrown by vegetation. The site is protected by Grade II listed building status and is a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The castle is privately owned and is not open to visitors.
The castle is on Historic England's Heritage at Risk Register and described as being in 'very bad' condition.[1]
HeighleyCastle (or Heleigh Castle) is a ruined medieval castle near Madeley, Staffordshire. The castle was completed by the Audley family in 1233 and...
Audley Castle but who later built (or re-built) HeighleyCastle, Madeley, Staffordshire in 1226, had several additional households including Red Castle at...
by writ to the Parliament of England, for Sir Nicholas Audley of HeighleyCastle, a member of the Anglo-Norman Audley family of Staffordshire. The third...
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On acquiring Heleigh Castle he made it his chief seat, but was entrusted by the crown, with the constableship of several castles on the Welsh borders...
names: Red Castle; Rubree; Radeclif, Redcliffe, Redde, Castle Rous, and Hawkstone. About the same time (1227-1232) Henry also built HeighleyCastle at Madeley...
1224: William, bishop of Worcester 1227: Henry de Audley of HeighleyCastle and Red Castle 1228: Sir Henry de Verdun (I), of Bucknall, and Darlaston near...
later east frontage. It is situated a short distance to the south of HeighleyCastle, a mediaeval seat of the Audley family. Madeley was one of the 131...
endowed the Cistercian Abbey of St. Mary at Hulton, near the site of HeighleyCastle in 1223, donating a large amount of land, some of which was an inheritance...
begotten Subsidiary titles Baron Audley of Hely Baron Audley of Orier Extinction date 22 April 1777 Seat(s) HeighleyCastle Motto Je le tiens ("I hold it")...
Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August 2020. Historic England. "HeighleyCastle (1011070)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 16 August...
married Anne Touchet, daughter of James Touchet, 5th Baron Audley of HeighleyCastle and Margaret De Ros. Their children were: Peter Dutton Margaret Dutton;...
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