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Kid's Eye View

Pick a picture – any picture – and learn fascinating facts about Broughton Castle!

Hover your mouse over the image to see a question about the image. Click on the image to find out the answer.

Then head for Banbury and check out the castle for real!

 

Images and text featured on these pages are available as a cartoon visitor guide to the castle created by Bessacarr Publications known for its Look At series of guides. Images and text from the visitor guide are copyright © Besacarr Publications and reproduced and adapted for this site with their kind permission.

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What is a Hat Trick?   What is a fire bucket? Why does a civil war helmet have face and neck guards?
Why are these archer's windows shaped like a cross? Why is a spiral staircase a defensive weapon? This is a face in one of the corbels. What is it doing?
What are crenallations? Who did this bell summon? Cannon balls were found in the moat in 1758. Whose army might have fired them?
Who is the painted knight in the Church of Saint Mary Broughton? Why did ladies need a pole screen when they sat by a fire? This is a 19th century toy of the French acrobat named Leotard. To what did he give his name?

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