Hold the fort
Wetherby Senior’s Year 10 historians have visited a medieval English fortress, that later became an Elizabethan palace, this week.
Our GCSE History cohort took a day trip to Warwickshire on Tuesday, to explore the famous Kenilworth Castle. Founded during the Norman conquest of England, Kenilworth has played an important historical role since, and now provides an excellent example for their GCSE studies on English castles over time.
Ms Neilson, Head of History at Wetherby Senior, explained: “We had an OCR guide take our boys around the grounds of Kenilworth, where they learnt more about how the form and function of the castle had changed over time, from when it was first built in 1120 up to the present day, as an English Heritage property.
“Our guide was very impressed with the conduct and the subject knowledge of our pupils. In addition, we were very lucky with the weather, meaning it was a sunny day in Warwickshire for us all!”
Kenilworth Castle was the subject of the six-month-long siege in 1266 (thought to be the longest siege in Medieval English history) and formed a base for Lancastrian operations in the Wars of the Roses. It was also the scene of the removal of Edward II from the English throne, the perceived French insult to Henry V in 1414 with a gift of tennis balls (said to have prompted the campaign that led to the Battle of Agincourt), and the Earl of Leicester’s lavish 1575 reception of Elizabeth I.
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