Oxford Castle

Stephen was captured at Lincoln in February 1141, and Matilda was driven out of London before she could be crowned.

In December 1142, she escaped from Oxford Castle across the frozen river, reportedly dressed in white against the snow.

The entirety of England descended into a period of lawlessness known as the Anarchy, and neither nobles nor commoners knew any sense of peace.

Villages were raided by roving hordes of bandits, and castles were raided by the dozens.

So again, lots of history there, lots of reasons as to why it should be haunted.

Yeah, Oxford Castle.

we thought was really good yeah we really enjoyed it we had a lot of activity in there um in particular you got a picture taken

so there was this tripod of an old foot of an old camera you know the ones they used to put the hood over and hold the thing up it was it was there but it had an ipad in in it so it was all modernized but it was made to look old and it had a um um

A 1624 English statute held that an unmarried woman who hid the death of her newborn was presumed to have murdered it.

Anne told a justice of the peace that she was guilty of the sin and innocent of the murder because the child was born dead, and he sent her to jail at Oxford Castle.

She was there about three weeks, Watkins wrote, in continual affrights and terrors.

and then she was tried before Sergeant Umpton Croke, a judge who lived nearby at Marston.

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Uh, 'cause there's lots of places that are, like Oxford Castle-

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... um, Shrewsbury Prison.