Cawood Castle and Castle Garth: residence of the medieval Archbishops of York and associated enclosure containing gardens, five fishponds and a quarry pit

What the official index records

Historic England / Planning Data records this location as Cawood Castle and Castle Garth: residence of the medieval Archbishops of York and associated enclosure containing gardens, five fishponds and a quarry pit. Our atlas groups it under industrial relics using that source wording.

Cawood Castle and Castle Garth: residence of the medieval Archbishops of York and associated enclosure containing gardens, five fishponds and a quarry pit is recorded by Historic England under reference 1011518. The supplied index identifies Cawood Castle and Castle Garth: residence of the medieval Archbishops of York and associated enclosure containing gardens, five fishponds and a quarry pit. Current condition and visitor access are not established by this source index.

Record details

Category

Industrial relics

Source classification

Cawood Castle and Castle Garth: residence of the medieval Archbishops of York and associated enclosure containing gardens, five fishponds and a quarry pit

Period / construction dates

Not established from this index

Current condition

Not verified

Designation

Scheduled monument

Designation date

1928-12-05

Nearest reference town

York (approximate)

County / historic source county

Not supplied

County or local authority (ONS)

North Yorkshire

Nation

England

Source record ID

1011518

Coordinates

53.831282, -1.129743 (reference point, not an entrance)

Index checked

2026-09-13

Source last updated

1994-09-26

Published access reviewed

Not yet verified

Index verification means the record and supplied attributes were checked against the official downloaded index on 2026-09-13. It does not mean a site visit or confirmation of current access. Points may refer to a whole complex, a surviving component or a recorded location.