Service Announcement: We’re now away until the end of the month (Frank-Fest). Crushing temperatures are forecast (and, of course, rain!)... 
In the meantime here are some images from Conisbrough Castle, Conisbrough, South Yorkshire, England.
(Shot raw and processed with: DxO PL E/ ViewPoint/ Nik Collection, Adobe LrC/ PS with Tony Kuyper Panels and Topaz Labs Studio. Compilations feature Karen - R7 and Phil - R5II).
You can find out more about Conisbrough Castle by clicking
Here.
Phil and Karen
1. ‘Conisbrough’ comes from the Anglo-Saxon word ‘Cyninges-burh’, meaning ‘the king’s borough’. A timber and earthwork castle was built here in the 11th century by William de Warenne the Earl of Surrey after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
2. In 1159 the castle passed through marriage to Hamelin Plantagenet who, together with his son William, rebuilt the castle in stone - including the keep - and it remained in the family into the 14th century. In 1201 Hamelin’s nephew, later King John (r.1199–1216), stayed at Conisbrough.
3. During the Wars of the Roses (fought between the houses of York and Lancaster for the English throne 1455-1487), Richard of Conisbrough became leader of the Yorkists. He was defeated and killed at the Battle of Wakefield in December 1460. Three months later his son Edward defeated the Lancastrian army at the Battle of Towton, and ascended the throne as King Edward IV.
4. In 1461 the castle passed back into royal ownership but was subsequently abandoned and fell into ruin, with the remains being bought by the Duke of Leeds in 1737. Sir Walter Scott used the location for his 1819 novel
Ivanhoe and by the end of the 19th century the ruins had become a tourist attraction.
5. The state took over the management of the property in 1950, but by the 1980s the visitor facilities were felt to be unsuitable, leading to a three-way partnership being created between the local council, the state agency English Heritage and a local charitable trust to develop the castle.
6. In 2007 the castle reverted to direct management by English Heritage.
(Source: English Heritage. Note: Info-board blurb/ artwork is (C) English Heritage).
