Stafford Castle
Staffordshire, England
Stafford Castle is a castle in Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade II listed building. The nearest other castle is Eccleshall Castle, 6.4 mi away.
Stafford Castle at a glance
Type
Castle
Heritage status
Grade II listed building
Nearest castle
Eccleshall Castle
6.4 mi away
Castles in Staffordshire
11
England
About Stafford Castle
Stafford Castle is an ancient Grade II listed castle situated 2 miles (3.2 km) west of the town of Stafford in Staffordshire, England. From the time of the Norman Conquest and as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 it was the seat of the powerful Anglo-Norman Stafford family (originally de Tosny, later via a female line de Stafford), feudal barons of Stafford, later Barons Stafford (1299) by writ, Earls of Stafford (1351) and Dukes of Buckingham (1444).
From the Wikipedia article on Stafford Castle, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Stafford Castle sits at 52.7979, -2.1472 in Staffordshire. The closest other castles are Eccleshall Castle (6.4 mi), Chartley Castle (7.8 mi) and Tong Castle (11 mi). Staffordshire has 11 castles in all.
