Castlefacts³

Most of the sites or buildings recorded in this web site are NOT open to the public and permission to visit a site must always be sought from the landowner or tenant.

Books

• Osbourne, Mike, 2012, Defending London (Stroud: The History Press) p. 34-5
• Goodall, John, 2011, The English Castle 1066-1650 (Yale University Press) passim
• Emery, Anthony, 2006, Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales Vol. 3 Southern England (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press) p. 252-9
• Thomas, Christopher, Cowie, Robert and Sidell, Jane, 2005, The Royal Palace, Abbey and Town of Westminster on Thorney Island (London; Museum of London Archaeology Service Monograph 22)
• Fernie, E., 2000, 'Castles, Halls, and Chamber Blocks' in The Architecture of Norman England (Oxford University Press) p. 49-88 esp 84-87
• Goodall, J.A.A., 2000, 'The medieval Palace of Westminster' in C. and J. Ridding (eds) The Houses of Parliament: History, Art, and Architecture p. 49-68
• Keevill, Graham D., 2000, Medieval Palaces, An Archaeology (Stroud; Tempus) p. 14, 19-20, 22-3, 25-8, 54, 56, 62, 64, 72, 77, 83, 86, 99-103, 115, 127, 157 (plans)
• Thurley, Simon, 1997, 'Whitehall Palace and Westminster 1400-1600 : a royal seat in transition' in Gaimster, David R. M. and Stamper, Paul, The age of transition : the archaeology of English culture 1400-1600 (Oxbow monograph, 98; The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph, 15) p. 93-104
• Cherry, John and Stratford, Neil, 1995, Westminster Kings and the Palace of Westminster (British Museum Occasional Paper 115)
• Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p. 150-1
• Thurley, Simon, 1993, The Royal Palaces of Tudor England (Yale University Press)
• James, T.B., 1990, The Palaces of Medieval England (London; Seaby)
• Cooke, R., 1987, The Palace of Westminster
• Binski, P., 1986, The Painted Chamber at Westminster (London)
• Colvin, H.M., 1986, 'Royal Gardens in Medieval England' in Elisabeth MacDougall (ed) Medieval Gardens (Washington D.C.) p. 11, 13, 15, 16
• Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1982, The history of the King's Works, Vol. 4: 1485-1660 (part 2) (London) p. 286-300
• Colvin, H.M., Ransome, D.R. and Summerson, John, 1975, The history of the King's Works, Vol. 3: 1485-1660 (part 1) (London)
• Pevsner, N. (Revised by Cherry, Bridget), 1973, Buildings of England: London: the Cities of London and Westminster (London, Penguin) p. 520-33
• Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol. 2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p. 491-552
• Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works, Vol. 1: the Middle Ages (London) p. 45-7
• RCHME, 1925, Inventory of Historic Monuments in London Vol. 2: West London (HMSO) p. 121-24 online transcription
• Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol. 3 Part 2 p. 282 online copy
• Brayley, E.W. and Britton, E., 1836, The History of the Ancient Palace and Late Houses of Parliament at Westminster (London)
• Smith, J.T., 1807, Antiquities of Westminster online copy

Antiquarian

• Speed, John, 1611-12, The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain online copy
• Camden, Wm, 1607, Britannia hypertext critical edition by Dana F. Sutton (2004)
• Kingsford, C.L. (ed), 1908, A Survey of London, by John Stow: Reprinted from the text of 1603 Vol. 2 p. 97-124 online copy
• Anthony van den Wyngaerde, c. 1543, Panorama of London online copy
• Celia Fiennes, 1888, Through England on a Side Saddle in the Time of William and Mary (London: Field and Tuer, The Leadenhall Press) Vision of Britain online transcription

Journals

• Collins, M., Emery, P., Phillpots, C. Samuel, M. and Thomas C., 2012, 'The king's high table at the Palace of Westminster' The Antiquaries Journal Vol. 92 p. 197-243
• Emery, Philip and Heath, Jacqueline, 2008, 'Conservation and Archaeology in Westminster Hall, Palace of Westminster, London' Transactions of the Association for Studies in the Conservation of Historic Buildings Vol. 31
• Speight, Sarah, 2004, ''Religion in the Bailey: Charters, Chapels and the Clergy' Cha^teau Gaillard Vol. 21 p. 271-80
• Crook, John and Harris, Roland B., 2002, 'Reconstructing the Lesser Hall : an interim report from the Medieval Palace of Westminster Research Project' Parliamentary History Vol. 21:1 p. 22-61
• Hayward, Maria Anne, 2002, 'The 1542 inventory of the Palace of Westminster' History Today Vol. 52:11 p. 7-8
• Courtenay, L.T., 1990, 'The Westminster Hall roof : a new archaeological source' Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol. 143 p. 95-111
• Horsman, Valerie and Davison, Brian, 1989, 'The New Palace Yard and its Fountains: Excavations in the Palace of Westminster, 1972-4' Antiquaries Journal Vol. 69 p. 279-97
• Thompson, M.W., 1986, 'Associated monasteries and castles in the Middle Ages: a tentative list' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 143 p. 320
• Green, H.J.M., 1976, 'Excavation of the palace defences and abbey precinct wall at Abingdon Street, Westminster, 1963' Journal of the British Archaeological Association Vol. 129
• Sturdy, D., 1976, 'Mid Pleasures and Palaces: Archaeological Work at the Royal Sites of London' London Archaeologist Vol. 2.16 p. 417-22 online copy
• Colvin, H.M. (ed), 1966, 'Views of the Old Palace of Westminster' Architectural History Vol. 9 p. 23-184
• Cooper, I.M., 1937, 'Westminster Hall' Journal of the British Archaeological Association 3rd ser., Vol. 1 p. 168-228
• Lethaby, W.R., 1906, 'The palace of Westminster in the eleventh and twelfth centuries' Archaeologia Vol. 40

Guide Books

• Ashbee, J., 2013, The Jewel Tower (London: English Heritage)
• Gerhold, Dorian, 1999, Westminster Hall: nine hundred years of history (London: James & James)
• Taylor, A.J., 1996, The Jewel Tower, Westminster (London: English Heritage)
• Taylor, A.J., 1956, The Jewel Tower (London; HMSO)
• Baines, F., 1914, Westminster Hall (London; HMSO)

Primary Sources

• William FitzStephen, c. 1180, 'A description of London' translated in Henry Thomas Riley (ed), 1860, Liber Custumarum (Rolls Series 12) Vol. 2 p. 2-15 online copy
• C145/280(23) (Survey of 1401) The National Archives reference
• E178/1378 (Survey of 37 Elizabeth) The National Archives reference
• E317 Middlesex/63 (Survey of Commonwealth) The National Archives reference

Other

• Bridge, M.C., 2011, The Jewel Tower, Abingdon Street, Westminster, London (English Heritage Research Department Reports series 109-2011) online copy

External Links

• Wikipedia entry
• World Heritage Site 426bis
• Michael Cook's Castles Abbeys and Medieval Buildings
• English Heritage official site
• Norman Connections
• www.parliament.uk