What is recorded here

Elmley Castle is a scheduled monument in Wychavon, England, formed from the vanished Norman castle of Robert d'Abitot le Despenser, the Beauchamp seat, the Savage mansion and the village that still carries the name. The castle stood on Bredon Hill, decayed by 1544, and was replaced on flatter ground by the Elizabethan house built for William Savage of Elmley Castle. The village keeps the shape of that change: a medieval church, a stone cross with much of itself buried, a small public life, and a slope called Besscaps because Elizabeth I is said to have worn a presented hat there in August 1575. What is lost is not hidden far; it is under the ordnance, behind the name, and in the reason the place still sounds like a castle.

The National Heritage List for England records Elmley Castle as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Elmley Castle was built in the 13th century by the de Elmley family and later held by the powerful Berkeley family. It is remembered for its strategic importance in the Welsh Marches and as the site of the execution of King Charles I's son, Charles, Prince of Wales, in 1649 during the English Civil War.

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