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Wikipedia: Beeston Castle is a former Royal castle in Beeston, Cheshire, England, perched on a rocky sandstone crag 350 feet (110 m) above the Cheshire Plain. It was built in the 1220s by Ranulf de Blondeville, 6th Earl of Chester, (1170–1232), on his return from the Crusades. In 1237, Henry III took over the ownership of Beeston, and it was kept in good repair until the 16th century, when it was considered to be of no further military use, although it was pressed into service again in 1643, during the English Civil War.
![[Engraving of Beeston Castle]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Beeston_Castle_by_Buck_Bros_s.jpg "Engraving of Beeston Castle")
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![[The castle viewed from the east, showing , the inner bailey, the curtain wall, and the 19th]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Beeston2_s.jpg "The castle viewed from the east, showing , the inner bailey, the curtain wall, and the 19th")
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![[Beeston Castle viewed from the west, built on a rocky summit 350 ]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Beeston_Walk_10th_April_2005_281_29_s.jpg "Beeston Castle viewed from the west, built on a rocky summit 350 ")
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![[Beeston Castle is built on a rocky summit 350 ]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Road_to_Beeston_Castle_s.jpg "Beeston Castle is built on a rocky summit 350 ")
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