{"id":3966,"date":"2023-10-07T09:47:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T09:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3966"},"modified":"2023-10-07T09:57:37","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T09:57:37","slug":"acton-burnell-castle-shropshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3966","title":{"rendered":"Acton Burnell Castle, Shropshire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Acton-Bur_Cas_0855.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Acton-Bur_Cas_0855.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"512\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3999\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Acton-Bur_Cas_0855.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Acton-Bur_Cas_0855-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Acton-Bur_Cas_0855-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a> <em>English Heritage<\/em><br \/>\nActon Burnell Castle, actually a fortified manor house, stands near the village of Acton Burnell.  It is believed that the first Parliament of England at which the Commons were fully represented was held here in 1283, in the nearby barn. Today all that remains is the outer shell of the manor house and the gable ends of the barn.<br \/>\nThe manor house was built in 1284 by Robert Burnell, Bishop of Bath and Wells, friend and advisor to King Edward I. The building was rectangular with a tower at each corner. It was three storeys high consisting of a hall, solar, bedrooms, offices, chapel and kitchen.<br \/>\nMuch of the building was demolished by the mid-17th century.<br \/>\nToday what remains looks interesting.  Only the shell of the residence is accessible, via a path through a wood.<br \/>\nYour satnav may take you to the entrance of a college. If so, drive through the village till you see the brown signs (same postcode).<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4000\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4000\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Acton-Bur_Cas_0858.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Acton-Bur_Cas_0858-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4000\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interior<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_4001\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4001\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Acton-Bur_Cas_0863.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Acton-Bur_Cas_0863-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4001\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Interior<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Heritage Acton Burnell Castle, actually a fortified manor house, stands near the village of Acton Burnell. It is believed that the first Parliament of England at which the Commons were fully represented was held here in 1283, in the nearby barn. Today all that remains is the outer shell of the manor house and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=3966\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Acton Burnell Castle, Shropshire&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,4,12,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3966"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3966"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3966\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4003,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3966\/revisions\/4003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}