Kingston Upon Thames Castle
Has been described as a Possible Timber Castle (Other/Unknown), and also as a Possible Masonry Castle
There are no visible remains
| Name | Kingston Upon Thames Castle |
| Alternative Names | Moreford, Kenington, Warwick Castle |
| Historic Country | Surrey |
| Modern Authority | London Borough of Kingston Upon Thames |
| 1974 Authority | Greater London |
| Civil Parish | Kingston Upon Thames |
Kingston Castle, supposedly associated with the Saxon palace Gatehouse Comments
The location of either the de Clare castle and the Neville castle is uncertain and the given map reference is a 'traditional' site. It is not certain that the two castles occupied the same site. The de Clare castle, if actually built to control the river crossing during the Baron's War, may well have been timber and earthwork although the Neville castle, more probably a crenellated house, must have been masonry. However it would seem probably that de Clare would reuse an existing site, particularly if it had high status associations and, if so, then the Nevilles could also have done so.
- Philip Davis
Not scheduled
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | TQ181692 |
| Latitude | 51.4100685119629 |
| Longitude | -0.302859991788864 |
| Eastings | 518130 |
| Northings | 169260 |
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Books
- Hall, M., 1981, 'Medieval Kingston, Domesday to 1500' in Woodriff, B, (ed.) The Archaeology of Kingston (Institute of Field Archaeologists) p. 42
- Aycliffe, G.W., 1972, Old Kingston (Knapp Drewett & Sons Ltd) p. 41
- Clinch and Montgomerie, 1911, Malden, H.E. (ed), VCH Surrey Vol. 3 p. 488 online transcription
- Walford, E., 1898, Greater London p. 299
- Lysons, Daniel, 1792, The Environs of London: Vol. 1 County of Surrey p. 212 online transcription
Antiquarian
Journals
- Finney, W.E.St L., 1943 'The Church of the Saxon Coronations at Kingston' Surrey Archaeological Collections Vol. 48 p. 1-7 online copy
- Finney, W.E.St L., 1930, 'A Fourteenth-Century Column from Kingston' Surrey Archaeological Collections Vol. 38 p. 104 online copy
Primary Sources
- Hamilton, H.C. (ed), 1848, Chronicon Domini Walteri de Hemingburgh_ ondon: English Historical Society) Vol. 1 p. 313 See online copy