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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lulworth Castle

Other OS name in the Parish of East Lulworth

Historical Forms

  • Castle 1811 OS

Etymology

, 1841TA , Castle 1811 OS , cf . The Castle farme 1703Weld 1 , Castle Gdn 1841TA , v. castel(l) ; it was begun c. 1608 (RCHM 2146) and replaced ' the goodly maner place of the Newborowes , lordes of Est Lilleworth ' ( 1535–43 Leland 1253 ) .