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Leeds Castle
About twelve miles almost directly north of Goudhurst stands Leeds Castlewhich belonged to the Culpepers, and collateral lines of the Culpepers,for centuries. The location and the appearance in every detail, for me,is the essence of a medieval castle.
On two small natural islands in a lake formed by the River Len, Ledian orLeed, Chief Minister for the King of Kent, in 857 built a wooden castleand protected it by a draw bridge over the water. In 1119 Robert deCrevecour, grandson of Hamon de Crevecour, who fought with William theConqueror at Hastings, started building a stone castle which continued inthe possession of the de Crevecour’s for over a hundred years after theconquest. It then came to the de Leyburn family and in 1272 William deLeyburn conveyed it to Edward 1st as a gift.
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