Holdgate Castle is located between Craven Arms and Bridgnorth, Shropshire, about 21 miles south of Shrewsbury in Stafford. It is a stone motte and bailey fortress and was mentioned in the Domesday Book. The castle is owned by the Countess of Corve Dale, Leana de Balboa. Leana has dedicated the castle as the first college for the secular clergy of the Universal Roman Aristotelian Church of England. (In real life, the castle contained a college of secular clergy which was founded before 1210 and dissolved after 1373, which is 70+ years before the Renaissance Kingdoms period.)
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| - Holdgate Castle is located between Craven Arms and Bridgnorth, Shropshire, about 21 miles south of Shrewsbury in Stafford. It is a stone motte and bailey fortress and was mentioned in the Domesday Book. The castle is owned by the Countess of Corve Dale, Leana de Balboa. Leana has dedicated the castle as the first college for the secular clergy of the Universal Roman Aristotelian Church of England. (In real life, the castle contained a college of secular clergy which was founded before 1210 and dissolved after 1373, which is 70+ years before the Renaissance Kingdoms period.)
- Holdgate Castle (sometimes spelt Holgate Castle) is situated in the village of Holdgate (or Stanton Holdgate or Castle Holdgate) between Craven Arms and Bridgnorth, Shropshire. This castle was mentioned in the Domesday Book. It was a motte and bailey and contained a college of secular clergy which was founded before 1210 and dissolved after 1373. Earthworks with stone foundations are still present and the remains of a 13th-century semicircular flanking tower are incorporated into a farmhouse.
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| - Holdgate Castle is located between Craven Arms and Bridgnorth, Shropshire, about 21 miles south of Shrewsbury in Stafford. It is a stone motte and bailey fortress and was mentioned in the Domesday Book. The castle is owned by the Countess of Corve Dale, Leana de Balboa. Leana has dedicated the castle as the first college for the secular clergy of the Universal Roman Aristotelian Church of England. (In real life, the castle contained a college of secular clergy which was founded before 1210 and dissolved after 1373, which is 70+ years before the Renaissance Kingdoms period.)
- Holdgate Castle (sometimes spelt Holgate Castle) is situated in the village of Holdgate (or Stanton Holdgate or Castle Holdgate) between Craven Arms and Bridgnorth, Shropshire. This castle was mentioned in the Domesday Book. It was a motte and bailey and contained a college of secular clergy which was founded before 1210 and dissolved after 1373. Earthworks with stone foundations are still present and the remains of a 13th-century semicircular flanking tower are incorporated into a farmhouse.
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