What is recorded here
A named place photographed at this map point in Chelmsford.
Pleshey Castle, including The Moat, was built by the de Pleshey family in the 12th century and later held by the powerful Bishops of London. It is remembered as an important medieval stronghold and for its association with the royalist cause during the English Civil War.
Places near here
Pleshey CastleRuins · 143 yd
Church of Holy TrinityListed building · 185 yd
Holy Trinity Church, Pleshey, EssexChurch, cross or graveyard · 244 yd
Pleshey GrangeWood · 1224 yd
The GorseForest · 1.5 mi.jpg?width=1280)
Great Waltham war memorialMemorial · 2.0 mi
Hill FarmMountain or hill · 3.3 mi
Writtle parish boundary stoneMonument or public art · 3.3 mi
Holy Cross, Felsted, Essex - MonumentMonument or public art · 3.9 mi
St. Annes Castle, Great Leighs, EssexCastle, fort or tower · 4.2 mi
WW2 Boreham Airfield USAF MemorialMonument · 4.8 mi
First Battle of St Albansbattle · 4.9 miOther information
Photo: John Winfield · CC BY-SA 2.0