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4 unusual facts about Arundel Castle


Australian cricket team in England in 1977

Australia began their 1977 tour of England with the traditional warm-up game against the Duke or Duchess of Norfolk's XI at Arundel Castle Cricket Ground.

Hauenštejn

Ferdinand Buquoy continued the reconstruction under the influence of historism, taking its examples from England (Windsor, Arundel, Belvoir, Lancaster or Oxford) and Bavaria (Hohenswangau, Lahneck).

Saint Peter's Fair

The novel ends with the news that on 30 September 1139, Empress Maud invaded England, establishing herself at Arundel Castle in West Sussex.

Spirit of Excalibur

Cities and regions are named after modern English locations, some of which did not exist in Arthurian Britain (e.g. Arundel Castle appears as the fortress of the lord of Sussex, but the castle was not built in the form depicted in the game until Norman conquest in 1066).


Augusta Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk

Minna, Duchess Dowager of Norfolk died on 22 March 1886 and was buried at Fitzalan Chapel on the grounds of Arundel Castle.

Lavinia Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk

For many years, the traditional curtain-raiser to the English international cricket season was a match between Lavinia, Duchess of Norfolk's XI and the visitors, played at Arundel Castle.


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