Helmsley Castle Page One

Set in the Rye valley in North Yorkshire, there was an earlier castle on the site but was replaced by the current one in the 12th century, the castle is surrounded by a large double ditch. The castles defences did not have a great deal to do until during the civil war of 1644 the castle was under siege for 3 months by the Parliamentary forces and was not until the Royalists ran out of food did the siege collapse. After this siege most of the castle was then destroyed to stop this happening again.
A Tudour house still remains mostly intact after the previous owner left there in the 1800s to move into near bye Duncombe Park.