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Ludgershall (/ ˈlʌɡərʃɔːl / LUG-ər-shawl, with a hard g) is a town and civil parish 16 miles (26 km) north east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. It is on the A342 road between Devizes and Andover.
Open in Maps. About. Ludgershall, recorded in the Domesday Book as Litlgarsele, has a long and well-recorded history. Superficially a ‘corn and sheep’ village on the edge of Salisbury Plain, a Royal Castle was built here sometime before the beginning of the 12th century. By 1103 AD Henry 1 was in residence in the castle.
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Address: Castle Street, Ludgershall, Wiltshire, SP11 9QT. Before You Go. Probably begun in the late 11th century by a sheriff of Wiltshire, Ludgershall was much improved in the 13th century by King John and his son Henry III, who used the castle as a hunting lodge.
Ludgershall (/ ˈlʌɡərʃɔːl / LUG-ər-shawl, with a hard g) is a town and civil parish 16 miles (26 km) north east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England. It is on the A342 road between Devizes and Andover.
Ludgershall Castle was probably built in the late 11th century by Edward of Salisbury, sheriff of Wiltshire, and had passed into the hands of the Crown by the early 12th century. Lying on the edge of a medieval forest, it was frequently used as a royal hunting lodge.
Ludgershall is a town and civil parish 16 miles north east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.
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Ludgershall, recorded in the Domesday Book as Litlgarsele, has a long and well-recorded history. Superficially a ‘corn and sheep’ village on the edge of Salisbury Plain, a Royal Castle was...
