Houses of Interest: Herefordshire
The ECWtravelogue is beginning to turn its attention to those counties further away from Château KeepYourPowderDry. Here begins the Herefordshire entry... Goodrich Castle has long been on the ECW travelogue's 'to visit' list, why? Roaring Meg. There appears to have been a tradition of gunners giving their 'pieces' nicknames. Roaring Meg appears more than once, but this Roaring Meg is the only known Civil War mortar still in existence. Be still my beating heart. Goodrich Castle was started in the twelfth century, before it was completed/modified/extended in the latter half of the thirteenth century. And very impressive it must have been too. Obligatory arty photo, showing how Goodrich commands the landscape Fast forward to the turbulent times of the seventeenth century. The castle was originally garrisoned by Parliament in 1642 with the consent of Richard Tyler, a local lawyer who was tenant and constable of the castle. The garrison fled to Gloucester when the Roya...