Bolsover Castle
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Castle Street, Bolsover, Derbyshire, S44 6PR

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Guidebook: Bolsover Castle

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 Bolsover Castle Timeline

1068A Norman Gift

William the Conqueror grants custody of his new castle at Nottingham and the large manor of Bolsover to one of his knights, William Peveril.

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1155Royal Seizure

Peveril’s son takes the wrong side against Henry II and forfeits his estates to the Crown.

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