Bridgnorth Castle, on its dramatic sandstone cliff above the Severn, held a Royalist garrison through much of the war. Parliament besieged it in 1646; the garrison surrendered on honourable terms. Parliament subsequently demolished most of the castle, leaving only the famous leaning tower — which leans at a greater angle than the Tower of Pisa due to Civil War demolition work.
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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