. Wiltshire notes and queries . e river formed themoat on one side, extending from the Town Bridge to CradleBridge. The demolition of the castle must have been gradual; there isno record of its destruction, but, as early as the time of HenryVIII, Leland, who visited the town, says : It is now clene was in it a 7 gret toures whereof peaces of 2 yet , writing in 1814, also records that he had known menwho remembered seeing fragments of four of the towers standingin the latter part of the seventeenth century. No doubt, as ininnumerable similar instances, the remains formed
. Wiltshire notes and queries . e river formed themoat on one side, extending from the Town Bridge to CradleBridge. The demolition of the castle must have been gradual; there isno record of its destruction, but, as early as the time of HenryVIII, Leland, who visited the town, says : It is now clene was in it a 7 gret toures whereof peaces of 2 yet , writing in 1814, also records that he had known menwho remembered seeing fragments of four of the towers standingin the latter part of the seventeenth century. No doubt, as ininnumerable similar instances, the remains formed a quarry forthe inhabitants of the town as long as they lasted, and hence nowscarcely a stone remains in its original position to point out thefite of this early castle. C. H. R. Trowbridge Castle was situated at the top of Castle Street, onthe rising ground upon which the Court Hall now stands, includ-ing also within its site the Home Mills (Messrs. Salter andCo.), Bridge Mills (Messrs. Webb), and Stone AHlls ().. Probable .*=;ite of Trowbridge Castlt As all traces of the castle walls have disappeared, it would bedifficult now to identify their position with any degree of accurat from fragmenis that have l)een exi^osed from time to timethrough excavations, and from tlie records of historians, we , ascertain the eouise of the ramparts apiiroximattly. I I Machinery Disturbances in Wiltshire. i8i Commencing at Messrs. Webbs factory, near the bridge (seeaccompanying plan), the castle walls appear to have been carriedin a more or less easterly direction to where the Market Housestands. It will be observed tliat Fore Street, the main thorough-fare of the town, follows very closely the same line to this here the wall was continued westward to a spot near theriver, thence parallel with that stream to the starting [joint. There is no documentary evidence to show when or by whomthe castle was destroyed. It appears to have been standing inthe fou
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