Talk:Saltwood Castle

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• Minor quibbles:
  • "Saltwood derives its name from the village nearby." Not likely.
  • "It was erected originally in 488." Impossibly precise in the fifth century, but the original source for the date would make it interesting.
  • "The castle was conveyed to the Roman Catholic Church by a deed dated 1026 " and "During the reign of Canute, the manor of Saltwood was granted to the priory of Christ Church in Canterbury". These seem to refer to the same event. --Wetman 03:53, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

• • • "Saltwood derives its name from the village nearby. Not likely." Without having seen this comment of yours, I just edited the sentence in the article to make it more exact. It may still not be true! I suppose you must mean that the castle was there before the village? Quite likely, no doubt. Do correct the statement if you can. Andrew Dalby 12:20, 15 June 2006 (UTC)

• "After Becket's assassination, the castle was returned to the control of Becket" - how can a castle be returned to someone after their death? KFB

Yes. Better now? --Wetman 08:44, 19 May 2007 (UTC)

Unclear text

Hi Wetman, I left that material out on purpose, not inadventently, because it's unclear as written, and seems to have no narrative flow.

What does this mean, for example, given the context, "A fourteenth-century chip-carved chest with arcading and rosettes along the front, with a later panelled top, formerly in the parish church, was reputed to have come originally from Saltwood Castle"?

Where is the source that says it was first mentioned in 833? (These are only two points for starters; there are others.) SlimVirgin ^{talk|contribs} 19:37, 5 April 2009 (UTC)

Luftwaffe avoided bombing?

"During World War II, Nazi Hermann Göring ordered the Luftwaffe not to bomb Hythe, as he had designated Saltwood as his post-invasion home." The reference pointed to is a newspaper report of a Home Guard officer's memoirs, which doesn't actually substantiate this as fact. You hear claims like this all the time (e.g. Hitler avoided bombing Senate House, London as he wanted it as his HQ), and I've yet to find one that can be verified as fact rather than urban myth. Lonegroover (talk) 14:45, 21 August 2013 (UTC)

Have removed. The link's dead and it was almost certainly rubbish when it was alive. KJP1 (talk) 11:14, 18 June 2017 (UTC)

Plans....

There's some PD plans of this castle at http://www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/tags/sysnum000250524, as part of the British Library's recent upload. Hchc2009 (talk) 10:47, 28 December 2013 (UTC)