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The castles of England, their story and structure (1896)

Mackenzie, James Dixon, Sir, 7th bart. of Scatwell and 9th of Tarbat, 1830-1900 · New York : The Macmillan co. · leaf 35

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ns till after the Conquest, whenWilliam I. erected the existing one upon the former site, naming it the New Castle, to which the name Lodans Castle was also given, andplacing in it a garrison of 700 men, to keep under the men of Kent. The castleis mentioned in i William II. ; and in the reign of… … CANTERBURY Tlicoricus le Vineter. Henrv II. had increased the extent of the fortress and itsdefences by the addition of some lands in the vicinity, and it was then probablya strong place ; but when Louis the Dauphin arrived, in 1216, in the Isle ofThanet, he came on to Canterbury, and received the…

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