| Description | Platinotype print. Photographed by J.H. Pickard, 361, Moseley Road, Birmingham. Exposure 4 seconds. Focus of lens 9.5 inch Dallymere. General view of castle. A note on the back of the photograph by the photographer states: 'Astley Castle Nr. Nuneaton is the only example in the County of one of the Castles of the thirteenth century (Edward I) when a castle was a fortified house with a moat. The Duke of Suffolk, the father of Lady Jane Grey lived in the castle and after concealment in the woods near the moat [he was discovered and finally beheaded on Tower Hill]. |