When you are in Ludlow Castle, you can see the beauty of River Teme. Old postcard showing the Upper Chamber Block built by Roger Mortimer (left) and the circular Norman Chapel of St Mary Magdalene (foreground). The historic core of Ludlow has been a conservation area for more than 30 years with some outlying areas such as Whitcliffe being added in the 1990's. He was the son of Richard. The outer bailey featured a mansion. A very interesting article. If you wish to find out more about the 1525-1527 ‘progress’ of the Princess Mary, you can access the list of known properties visited by the 9-year-old Mary Tudor in The Tudor Travel Guide’s library. When Edward IV, son of the Duke of York, became king in 1461, Ludlow Castle became Crown property. The Castle became a residence of his son, the young Prince of Wales (subsequently Edward V, who was later murdered in the Tower of London) and the seat of the Prince's Council. Once through this second gateway, the residential lodgings were directly opposite, built along the curved, curtain wall. Some content of the original page may have been edited to make it more suitable for younger readers, unless otherwise noted. The architecture suggests that the curtain wall of the inner bailey, its flanking towers and parts of the gatehouse-keep date from the late 11th century. https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/w/index.php?title=Ludlow_Castle&oldid=4249905. Below (3): several views of the round Norman Chapel in the castle's inner bailey. The use of the new Library has more than doubled and now attracts about 6000 visitors each year. Each block was divided into 'Burgage plots' of varying widths and lengths, based on a 'perch unit' of 16.5 feet for which tenants paid the lord of the manor one shilling per year. if plague broke out at the nearby manor of Hartlebury, they were scuppered(! Two major additions were built after the Second Barons’ War, 6. Mortimer was created earl of March but he over-reached himself and was deposed and executed by rivals in 1330. The Council declined after the Civil War and was abolished in 1689. Ludlow Castle with Dinham Weir from the South West, by Samuel Scott. The inner bailey was reconstructed. Categories: Historic Places, Mary I, Shropshire•. The last male Mortimer died in 1425 but Ludlow castle passed to his sister's son Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, who was the leader of the Yorkists in the War of the Roses. For more than a century Ludlow was virtually the capital of Wales and its courts were busy with criminal, ecclesiastical and civil cases. Facts about Ludlow Castle 3: Roger Mortimer. The ownership of Ludlow Castle changed a couple time during the civil war in 12th century. He was the leader of a group of barons who dethroned the unpopular Edward II in 1326. In the 12th Century Ludlow, the name meaning 'lud' the loud waters and 'low' a tumulus, successfully developed as a centre for wool trade and cloth manufacturing, with mills built along the River Teme. The site of Ludlow was in a corner of the important manor of Stanton, held since 1066 by the de Lacy family.