Goodrich Castel is a real-life castle that William Wordsworth visited in his lifetime. One of those visits caused the inspiration of the poem "We Are Seven."The castle has stood since the 11th century and was named after an English landowner named Godric- who built the first castle. What remains today is because of William de Valence, Henry III's half-brother.  Valence had the castle rebuilt in the late 13th century. Little changed the castle until 1646. That is when a two-month siege put the defenses of the castle to the test. A lot of the was castle destroyed by the siege of 1646, and what we can see today is the aftermath of the siege. 

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“History and Stories: Goodrich Castle.” English Heritage, www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/goodrich-castle/history-and-sto....