Kingston Upon Thames Castle

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Moreford, Kenington, Warwick Castle

In the civil parish of Kingston Upon Thames. In the historic county of Surrey (Modern Authority of London Borough of Kingston Upon Thames, 1974 county of Greater London).

PastScape record reads "Site of Warwick Castle, extant in 1264 and into C15." Presumably this is the castle of Gibert de Clare taken by the king in 1264. What is the reason for this being called Warwick castle? What is the reason for this historically documented castle being missed from the usual sources? Is this the 'Goseford' castle recorded on the mappa mundi list (qv)? If extant in 1264 and into C15 then presumably masonry, but the de Clare's did not hold the manor (it was free borough) and the castle may have been a temporary work of the Baron's War.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TQ18136926

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 397547
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 030010; 030011 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

• Books
  • Clinch and Montgomerie, 1911, Malden, H.E. (ed), VCH Surrey Vol3 p488 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=43013
    Walford, E., 1898, Greater London p299
    Lysons, Daniel, 1792, The Environs of London: vol1 County of Surrey p212 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=45379
• Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
  • Hemingburgh Chron. (Eng. Hist. Soc. ii, 323)
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/barkseng.html#surrey6]