Chesterton Castle

Chesterton Castle was a motte-and-bailey castle in Chesterton, Staffordshire, England which has no surviving remains existing today.

History

Chesterton Castle was built probably atop the mound of a former Anglo-Saxon burh and it is known that Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester owned the timber castle in 1180. Additions were made to the castle shortly before John, [King of England|King John] visited in 1206, and it was later usurped by Newcastle-under-Lyme Castle when the town of the same name grew up around the castle during the early 12th century.
King Henry III took the castle from the Earl of Leicester and gave it along with the Earldom to his son Edmund Crouchback in 1267. It was later rebuilt in stone.
Sampson Erdeswicke visited Chesterton Castle in 1597 and mentioned that 'a little lower stands Chesterton, where are to be seen the ruins of a very ancient town or castle, there yet remaining some rubbish of lime and stone'. The ruins were demolished during the 16th century and the site is today unknown.

Chesterton Castle was built initially using timber but was later constructed using limestone.