MONUMENT NO. 362192

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Castle Meadows at Creswell Farm is the alleged site site of a castle, however the placename may be misidentified and may not refer to an actual castle..

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"The castle of John de Leycestre (fl.1278-90) is said to be 1.5 miles along the Luton Road at Castle Farm" (2). (Causewell Farm,
TL 157147). Listed as a doubtful site (1).

This is almost certainly a 19th century mis-identification.
The name 'Causewell' is a corruption of 'Creswelle' which means "cress spring", water-cress beds are shown nearby at TL 159146. Castle Meadow is named on the Tithe Apportionement of about 1840. There are no other references to a castle at Wheathampstead (3).
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Creswell Farm is a small 17th century house of two storeys with a one-storey extension on the southwest. (4)

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( 1) General reference

Mediaeval Castles of Hertfordshire 1971 25 (D Renn)

( 2) General reference

Transactions of the St Albans Archaeological and Architectural Society 1889 7 16-17 (Rev Canon Davys)

( 3) General reference

English Place Names Society: Hertfordshire 1938 56 (Gover Mawer & Stenton)

( 4) Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England) 1910 An inventory of the historical monuments in Hertfordshire

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