Roman Fort to Royal Palace - Portchester Castle & Village Tour
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 มิ.ย. 2024
- Portchester Castle on the southern coast of Hampshire, England has served a military purpose for as long as Portchester village has. With the best preserved Roman Fort walls in Europe and a Norman Castle and Priory built inside, Portchester Castle has been a Roman fortress, a Norman stronghold and even a prisoner of war camp during the Napoleonic Wars.
Join us as we peel back the years on Portchester Castle, learn about its early Roman creation, why it was built and how it became an important Royal Palace in the late 1300s. Did you know it had a theatre inside the keep? Find out how that came about.
We'll also explore the village of Portchester and take a look at some of the wonderful thatched and Georgian buildings that still survive in this charming part of Portsmouth.
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00:00 Introduction
00:35 Castle in Portsmouth
01:20 The Making of a Roman Fort
02:43 Saxon's at Portchester
03:22 Landgate Entrance
03:44 The Making of a Norman Castle
04:21 St Mary's Church
05:12 Inside Portchester Castle
06:34 A Royal Palace
09:28 Portchester as a Prison
10:25 The Tower
12:33 Watergate Entrance
13:26 Castle St Portchester Tour
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What an amazing castle and the period homes in the village…stunning. Another place to add to our always growing “to visit” list. Lovely to watch this video on a snowy morning in Canada.
Outstanding! Chock full of amazing footage, fascinating & informative Commentary and beautiful & charming places. Watching your videos is just like watching a top notch BBC/PBS or A&E Documentary! Truly Professional, very beautiful & so fascinating! You should be working for one of those Companies! You would truly do them proud! It is no wonder you won the TH-cam Award for excellence in videos. It was truly well deserved! Thank you for sharing another excellent experience!. Blessings to you!
Thank you so much, so pleased you enjoyed it so much!
@@MemorySeekers 'Tis my pleasure lads! Have a lovely day!🌞
As a local my favourite place in the world. The history and peaceful nature at the top of Portsmouth Harbour has always been a comfort and joy to me.
It is a super part of Portsmouth.
Just want to say thanks for the videos you two make. I am from western Canada and am locked inside due to a deep freeze of -40
So, there's not much to do but hide indoors and watch your channel. Thanks for what you do. Take care
Keep warm! 😊
I was visiting the UK in 2023, after watching your videos l made sure l had a couple of days in York. I also stayed in Portsmouth for a few days, thank you for the memories🐨🦘🐨🦘😊
Once again you lads have excelled, thanks for that
So glad you stayed for a while in York, one of my fav cities in the UK! Glad we inspired you to visit.
I live in Fareham, the town next door to Portchester. I feel blessed to have this beautiful piece of history so close by. It's truly a place of beauty.
My girlfriend's mother and father were married at the church within the grounds. She never fails to remind of this, or the fact that she wants to be married there too... 😱 (One day I might make that happen!)
If you go to the mariner and park the car there you will find a nice cafe on the water to grab a cup of tea and to the left there's the start of the England coastal path. It's a lovely walk along toe paths (with the odd hop up from the beach to contend with) that takes you all the way to the castle. I recommend starting from there if you're upwardly mobile. It also takes you past Turret House and past the village. Turret House has it's own dock within the grounds and is itself an historical building.
The village itself is beautiful and almost frozen in time. Incredibly quaint with most of the historical architecture still present, this is where we plan on retiring to.
Now, it's time to pull my boots on, hitch the dog to the lead and head out to Portchester for a Sunday stroll!
Lovely! I was born in Portsmouth and my Mother’s family were originally from Portchester. There are even graves of my relatives in the churchyard there. I live in Canada now, but it’s always lovely to see my old home.
So glad we could share it with you!
Another wonderful video highlighting both the history and beauty of an area. Your videos always make me want to get on a plane and see the site you featured for myself. Thank you.
Go for it! 😊
Absolutely enchanting! I would love to visit this charming town. Many thanks for your wonderful videos❤
Looks absolutely beautiful the village , and love the history of the castle, love castles, thankyou
Glad you enjoyed it
Wonderful video, thankyou. I lived in Portchester for over 30 years and loved walking along the shore to the castle with my dogs and family. Loved watching your video, thankyou xxx
Love it, thank you Simon and Will. What an amazing piece of history and love the research that you have done. Take care =-)
Our pleasure!
Wow as a Canadian I'm absolutely awestruck at the history,architecture,Beauty of the U.K.!At every turn things are so different and it all seems to work-every home seems to exude a character all it's own!My Heritage is from the U.K. and I must have this Love for what I see in these tremendous mini documentaries.Also watch "Escape to the Country" with it's absolutely Phenomenal presenters who I find just second to none Nicki, Johnny,Alistar,Jules,Ginny,Steve,Sonali,Margherita etc. -need I say more!!!!They showcase all of the Gorgeous, innovative, spectacular aspects much as you do in this cliip! Well I had a period as a young child that I spoke with an english accent, know now I should have married a Lady from the U.K. that quite frankly would have suited me down to the ground as I then would have had a direct connection and the circle would have been complete!Then there is U.K. music which is unrivaled as well!!! Thankyou and Cheers to you all in your Blessed Magical U.K. Isles!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, so glad you enjoyed it.
Beautiful
2000 years of history and the ubiquitous Wet Floor sandwich-board to represent modern times
Excellent comme TOUJOURS ❤ thanks ❤
I grew up in Portchester from the ages of 7 to 16 (I left in 1986) and went to 2nd Portchester Cub Scouts and was in the choir of St.Mary's Church (in the corner of the castle) for two or three years.
I now live in America 🇺🇸 and am now a U.S citizen.
Beautiful video from my part of the world. You have done a beautiful job of presenting Portchester in all its beauty and glory. Thanks guys
Eine faszinierende Reise durch die Geschichte von Portchester Castle! Die Kombination aus römischer Festung, normannischem Schloss und Kriegsgefangenenlager spiegelt die vielschichtige Vergangenheit dieses Ortes wider. Die Erklärungen zu seiner Entstehung und Entwicklung im Laufe der Jahre bieten einen informativen Einblick. Interessant zu erfahren, dass es sogar ein Theater im Bergfried gab! Die Erkundung des Dorfes Portchester und die Einblicke in die erhaltenen Gebäude geben dem Video eine zusätzliche Dimension. Vielen Dank für diese lehrreiche und visuell ansprechende Tour durch dieses historische Juwel! 👏🏰🕰
I live in the newer part of the village it is a lovely place to live with plenty of places to walk eat drink and visit so nice to be near the sea and all its benefits thanks for bringing it to the nations attention
Outstanding..marvelous ❤ info & the entire video is more than I could ever ask for 😊 thank u for sharing, castle & the large grounds are fantastic to walk and explore 😀 just peaceful & lovely 😍background music is so soothing 👍👌
Lovely! Been to Portsmouth before, will return in May 2024 and visit Portchester. Thanks a lot!
Have fun!
Splendid video 🎉👌
Just lovely. Hello from California 🇺🇸
Hello there!
Hi Simon and Will. The castle remains are amazing. I can imagine how beautiful it would have been during its’s heyday. Not so much for the prisoners. The reconstructed theatre was impressive. Portchester, with its various architecture, is very pretty. Took a screenshot of that thatched pink cottage. How lovely. Thanks again and take care til next time. ❤Memory Seekers is a treasure.
If you go to our facebook page I think you can get a copy of the cottage from our post there :) facebook.com/memoryseekersuk
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Thanks for the information why they call it now Portchester . Been to Portsmouth before. Beautiful castle.
Watch the start of the video again as Simon explained that they had been to Portsmouth and taken the ferry service from there and he then talks about porchester castle being across the water around the other side of Portsmouth so play from the start, listen and watch as the Portsmouth and Porchester village is discussed 😀
@karalg1951 I played from the start, that's why I'm thankful because now I knew why it is called Portsmouth
As always, a job well done! Gets my “wanderlust” juices flowing. ❤
Цікаво, дякую велике!!!❤
Thank yuo for Simon
Very interesting as always. Hope all is well. We are experiencing very cold temps a little unusual for Tx. Oh well just more time to sit and see what you two are up too. Hugs and blessings.
Pretty cold here too and snow expected any day. I must say I prefer that to the terrible high winds and rain that has flooded the country for much of the festive season.
@@MemorySeekers it s10:00 am and it’s 23F and our high for the day is to be 32 F. High next two days 28F. Don’t know what that is in C but cold lol. Just praying the electricity stays on and no problems there. I don’t like the extreme heat but it’s Tx so we know that’s going to happen. Weather is always an interesting topic. So you go see and film interesting and lovely places so we can have that to enjoy when the weather is crazy. Hugs and many blessings.
Thank you for your excellent informative commentary and yet another historic castle to visit.😊
Beautiful ❤ The places are Always interesting,full of history.Thank you ❤
Absolutely marvelous. I always enjoy the quality of your videos. I feel they're the best travel videos anywhere. Great job!
Thank you, so kind ☺
Went to this castle back in the 1990s. Not too far from the railway station. It's good to see this video, to remind me of how lovely this area is at the rear of Portsmout Harbour. Exceptionally well filmed indeed, so, many thanks for the production.
Glad you enjoyed it
Que hermoso lugar con tanta historia.
I’m ashamed to say I live only a few miles away and never visited this so thank you for taking us for a good look round
Affascinante Inglilterra ❤
Отличное видео, история Англии интересна мне. Смотрю с удовольствием.
As usual, very informative and nicely done. Those pretty little houses must be worth a good deal of money. Best wishes for 2024! Greetings from Argentina.
Absolutely wonderful!
Interesting tour as always. Thanks for the history of that castle. It has certainly seen some history and changes. The village streets were delightful and, in fact, made me want to live in one of those houses. Charming little area and one I would have been unaware of if you had not posted this.
Thanks for watching
I have now visited the castle. Last night on a ghost tour! It was pretty spectacular at night with few people about!
Amazing I didn't know they did ghost tours!
Wonderful castle tour 👏👏
I love learning about the layer upon layer of history at this site! But not surprising...as they say, "location, location, location"!! The theater reconstruction was wonderful. I became interested in Portsmouth after watching the A&E Series Horatio Hornblower. The Napoleonic Wars are a fascinating part of history, and I was amazed to find that scanned original copies of the London Gazette are available online going back to the late 1700s. Things like Naval officer promotions, seizures of French "prizes", battle victories, etc., still there for us to see. Having grown up here in California, it's mind-boggling to see Roman lighthouses still standing. I'm a bit late watching this one, as we were visiting the gorgeous snowy scenery in Yosemite Valley last week. Nice and quiet the second week of January. I do hope you gents can see it yourselves one day. :)
Would love to travel over at some point and visit many of the national parks including Yosemite!
nice
Thank you really enjoyed this i will be putting this on my list, living on the English / Welsh border I did get to see a lot of the castles but this one is quite something .
It’s in such a sweet location I just wish it wasn’t so windy that day. I found out the other day there are 427 castles in Wales!
Wunderfull
Wow.
Anybody who’s watched the 70’s TV series *Colditz* may remember the big escape at the end of series #1.
Some of the outdoor escape sequences were filmed at Porchester Castle.
In the 1970’s my family ran a small hotel and a number of the crew stayed there with us during filming.
I was about 11 at the time and I can remember pestering them to get me Bob Wagner’s autograph. 😃
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There are some victims of the Lockerbie bombing buried in the churchyard there
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