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Gidleigh Castle
Gidleigh, Chagford, Devon
Grid ref: SX 6703 8842
On walking routes: Taw Teign Link
- Period: Medieval
- Grid reference: SX 6703 8842 (approximate, from the listing's coordinates)
Long before the fortified manor house known locally as "the castle" was built around 1300 by Sir William de Prouz, this site already had two centuries of recorded history. The Domesday Book of 1086 records "Godwin the priest" holding the manor, then named Chiderleia, valued at 5 shillings. The Red Book of the Exchequer, compiled in 1158, gives the place name's first recorded medieval form, Geddelagae.
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