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Corfe Castle

Isle of Purbeck, Dorset

Where a boy king was murdered, and a brave lady held off Parliament's army.

In 978 the young King Edward was stabbed at Corfe, supposedly on the orders of his stepmother. William the Conqueror later built a great stone castle on the hill.

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When
Built 1080s, blown up 1646
Where
50.6400, -2.0580
Group
Castles & abbeys

Visiting

National Trust, open all year, with a steam railway to the village.

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