Lady Blanche Arundell defended Wardour Castle with 25 men against 1,300 Parliamentarians for five days before surrendering on terms. Her son then besieged it back, and the Parliamentarians inside blew up part of the castle rather than surrender, leaving the dramatic ruin that stands today.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
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