Middleham Castle

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Middleham Castle is a medieval fortress in North Yorkshire, England, best known as a stronghold of the Neville family and the childhood home of King Richard III.

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Label Occurrences
Middleham Castle canonical 4

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval castle
ruined castle
access public footpaths from Middleham town
architecturalStyle quadrangular castle
associatedWith House of Neville NERFINISHED
House of York NERFINISHED
Wars of the Roses NERFINISHED
builder FitzRandolph family NERFINISHED
Robert Fitzrandolph NERFINISHED
builtAfter Norman Conquest of England NERFINISHED
builtOnSiteOf earlier motte-and-bailey castle at William’s Hill
category Castles in North Yorkshire
Grade I listed castles in North Yorkshire
Ruins in North Yorkshire
condition ruin
constructionStart late 12th century
coordinates 54.285°N 1.806°W
country England
currentUse historic monument and visitor attraction
event death of Edward of Middleham, Prince of Wales, in 1484
residence of Richard, Duke of Gloucester in the 1470s
feature inner ward
large rectangular great tower
outer ward
garrisonRole noble residence rather than frontier fortress
hasInterpretiveDisplays yes
heritageDesignation Grade I listed building
knownFor association with the Wars of the Roses
childhood home of Richard III
stronghold of the Neville family
laterOwner Neville family NERFINISHED
locatedIn Middleham NERFINISHED
North Yorkshire
Yorkshire Dales NERFINISHED
managedBy English Heritage
material stone
nearbyFeature River Ure NERFINISHED
nearbySettlement Leyburn NERFINISHED
notableOwner Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick NERFINISHED
Richard, Duke of Gloucester NERFINISHED
notableResident Richard III of England NERFINISHED
openToPublic true
ownedBy The Crown (historically) NERFINISHED
region Yorkshire and the Humber
touristAttraction yes
wallType curtain walls with corner towers

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Instruction
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- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Middleham Castle
Description of subject: Middleham Castle is a medieval fortress in North Yorkshire, England, best known as a stronghold of the Neville family and the childhood home of King Richard III.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Edward of Middleham birthPlace Middleham Castle
Edward of Middleham deathPlace Middleham Castle
River Ure near Middleham Castle