CA : Possible motte and bailey, but hopelessly worn down, or perhaps unfinished

Aldborough
SE 407659
Boroughbridge
12^th.C

Probably motte. c. 1115. Mentioned 1205, 1217, which must be near the end of it’s story  

Aldbrough
TA 23-39-?
Hornsea
11^th.CProbable Motte and bailey, must have been located very close to the sea. It is known to have been in existence in 1115 as a grant made by Stephen Earl of Albermarl to the monks of St. Martin de Albermarl of tenths of the castle. This is the only known historical reference to the castle.

Allerton Mauleverer
WR

Much renovated manor house possibly with links to the 14^thC
De Mauleverer

Almondbury
SE 152140
Huddersfield

Motte
12^thC
de LacyQuartered gules and or with a baston sinister sable overall a label of five points argent, within a narrow bordure sable

Almondbury Castle Hill is a striking set of earth works overlooking the town of Huddersfield which lies immediately to the north. Original timber construction replaced by stone

Anlaby Moat Hill/Artillery fort
TA 039289
HullMoated Manor
13^thC
Legard?excavated by Thomson see YAJ xxxix 1956

Le Patourel : unclassified, raised with moat material. In vill. Excavation showed domestic buildings and 13^th to 14^th century pottery. 15^th century account suggests outer moat. Seignorial. ECW earthworks lost

Armley
SE 281338
Leeds

Motte & Bailey destroyed 1776. Mentd. 13000

Aston
WR
Manor House

d'Arcy earls of Holderness

Aughton
SE 703387
GooleMotte & Bailey
Mortain/Fossard, Aske
Mortain:Or, six lions rampant sable, three two one. :
Fossard: Or, a bend sable [see Mauley] :
Aske:Or, three bars azure, the centre one charged with an annulet of the firstRectangular motte ; appears to have been double ditched all round ; on one side a curious inner ditch enclosed by banks attached to the motte.

Aughton Ruddings (Aughton)
SE 733 394
GooleMoated manor?Le Patourel : Although farm now called Ruddings Grange lies c. ¼ mile to the south, this should be Ellerton Grange said, in 1251, to have walls and dykes. Out of vill.

Note : J. Parker (ed), Feet of Fines for the County of York, 1218 ~ 1231 (Y.A.S.R.S., LXX, 1921), p.61 & Ibid., 1246 ~ 1272 (Y.A.S.R.S., LXXXII, 1932), p. 76.

Text compiled and edited by Richard Hayton

Heraldry rendered by Richard Hayton