Orford Castle

Grade I listed historic house museum in Suffolk Coastal, United Kingdom
Organization historic_house_museum Q1964047
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Orford Castle

Summary

Orford Castle is a historic house museum[1]. It draws 69 Wikipedia views per month (historic_house_museum category, ranking #101 of 425).[2]

Key Facts

  • Orford Castle is located in East Suffolk[3].
  • Orford Castle is located in Orford[4].
  • Orford Castle is in the country of United Kingdom[5].
  • Orford Castle's image is recorded as Orford Castle - geograph.org.uk - 1755708.jpg[6].
  • Orford Castle's instance of is recorded as historic house museum[7].
  • Orford Castle's instance of is recorded as castle[8].
  • Orford Castle's instance of is recorded as archaeological site[9].
  • Orford Castle's architect is recorded as Alnoth[10].
  • Orford Castle's founder is recorded as Henry II of England[11].
  • Orford Castle's owned by is recorded as English Heritage[12].
  • Orford Castle's owned by is recorded as Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk[13].
  • Orford Castle's owned by is recorded as Arthur Heywood[14].
  • Orford Castle's operator is recorded as English Heritage[15].
  • Orford Castle's made from material is recorded as London clay[16].
  • Orford Castle's made from material is recorded as Caen stone[17].
  • Orford Castle's part of is recorded as Orford Castle with adjoining quarry and remains of 20th century look-out post[18].
  • Orford Castle's Commons category is recorded as Orford Castle[19].
  • Orford Castle's has part is recorded as Orford Museum[20].
  • +1165-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Orford Castle[21].
  • Orford Castle's OS grid reference is recorded as TM4194349872[22].
  • Orford Castle's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 52.0942, 'lon': 1.53073}[23].
  • Orford Castle's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04bjz1[24].
  • Orford Castle's significant event is recorded as archaeological field survey[25].
  • Orford Castle's official website is recorded as https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/orford-castle/[26].
  • Orford Castle's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Orford Castle[27].

Body

Founding

Orford Castle's founder is recorded as Henry II of England[11]. +1165-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of it[21].

Identity

Orford Castle's part of is recorded as it with adjoining quarry and remains of 20th century look-out post[18].

Operations

Orford Castle's operator is recorded as English Heritage[15].

Ownership

Owners include English Heritage[12], a charitable organization[28], in United Kingdom[29], founded in 2015[30], headquartered in Swindon[31]; Robert d'Ufford, 1st Earl of Suffolk[13], a military personnel[32], 1298–1369[33], of Kingdom of England[34], awarded the Knight of the Garter[35]; and Arthur Heywood[14], an engineer[36], 1849–1916[37], of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland[38].

Why It Matters

Orford Castle draws 69 Wikipedia views per month (historic_house_museum category, ranking #101 of 425).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . Orford Castle, Orford, Suffolk: survey report. wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . Orford Castle, Orford, Suffolk: survey report. wikidata.org.
  7. [11] . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] . Orford Castle. wikidata.org.
  9. [13] . Orford Castle. wikidata.org.
  10. [14] . Orford Castle. wikidata.org.
  11. [3] . wikidata.org.
  12. [4] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . vocaleyes.co.uk. Retrieved . vocaleyes.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . books.google.co.uk. books.google.co.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . National Heritage List for England. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Orford Castle, Orford, Suffolk: survey report. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [37] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [38] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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