Oswestry Castle is a medieval castle in the town of Oswestry, Shropshire, England. The castle has also been known as, or recorded in historical documents as: Album Monasterium; Blancminster; Blankmouster; Blancmustier; Croes Oswald; L'Oeuvre; L'uvre; Castle Loure; Luure; Luvre; Lvvre: Castle Philip; Oswaldestre; Meresberie.
The first reference to the castle in Oswestry was in 1086, when castelle Lurve is recorded in the Domesday Book as being built by Rainald, Sheriff of Shropshire in the Hundred of Meresberie. No town was recorded until around 1272 when references appear to the settlement of Blancminster. The Welsh were already referring to Croes Oswallt in 1254, regarding St Oswald, the Northumbrian king killed at the Battle of Maserfield in 641 AD.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswestry_Castle
Address 9 Chapel Street, Oswestry SY11 1LQ, United Kingdom
Coordinates 52°51'39.816" N -3°3'18.9" E
