Chesterton Castle was a motte-and-bailey castle in Chesterton, Staffordshire, England which has no surviving remains existing today.King, D.J.C., (1983), Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 2 p. 450-1
History
Chesterton Castle was built probably atop the mound of a former Anglo-Saxon burh and it is known that Robert de Beaumont, 3rd Earl of Leicester owned the timber castle in 1180. Additions were made to the castle shortly before King John visited in 1206.Mackenzie, J.D., (1896). Castles of England; their story and structure (New York: Macmillan) Vol. 1 p. 393
It was usurped by Newcastle-under-Lyme Castle when the town of the same name grew up around the castle during the 12th and 13th centuries. In 1267, King Henry III seized the property alongside the manor of Newcastle from the Earl of Leicester, granting it to his younger son, Edmund Crouchback.Baines, Edward (1868). The History of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster. G. Routledge and Sons. Retrieved 20 July 2023 – via Google Books.
The ruins were demolished during the 16th century, and the site is today unknown.
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