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The Bodiam Castle in Europe, United Kingdom. The sub region is North Europe. The city/town is Bodiam. The period is Late Medieval (1300AD-1500AD). Royal Tunbridge Wells, is the resort. The Bodiam Castle was built by Sir Edward Daylngrigge in 1385 is now a popular tourist attraction opperated by the National Trust. However, Bodiam’s tough defences did not always save the castle from damages. The interior of the castle was almost entirely destroyed by Parliamentary forces during the English Civil War, to avoid the castle being used by the Royalists. During this period the façade was also allowed to fall into ruin, although a succession of owners in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, notably Lord Curzon who purchased the site in 1926, contributed to the restoration of Bodiam Castle to its current state.