Corfe

<body background="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/shared/images/bgr.jpg" bgcolor="#ffffcc" text="#000000" link="#0000ff" alink="#ffff00" vlink="#000066"> <table border="0" cellpadding="5" summary=""> <tr><td bgcolor="#66ffcc" align="center"><a href="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/" Title="Home Page."><img src="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/shared/images/newlogo.gif" alt="Home Page." width="85" vspace="5" height="99" border="0"></a> <td rowspan="2" valign="top"><p align="center"> <div class="main"> <h1>Corfe </h1> <p>The name <strong>Corfe</strong> means <em>A cutting or pass</em>. The name has changed little being <strong>Corf</strong> in 955 and <strong>Corffe</strong> in 1217. </p> <table cellspacing=0 cellpadding0 border=0> <tr><td align=center><img alt="The village of Corfe with it's Castle" widtt=600 height=185 src="images/corfe.jpg"><br> </td></tr><tr> <td align=center>Corfe Castle from the south. </td></tr> </table> <p>This immensely strong castle stood nearly 600 years without an enemy powerful enough to attack it. When eventually it was assaulted in the seventeenth century it withstood two sieges and finally fell through treachery. The walls were mined, <strong>tons</strong> of gunpowder were put beneath the foundations and fired. The explosion must have been one of the largest in England at the time but mighty remnants survive to this day. </p><p> The Castle was built on older fortifications, we know that in 978 King Edward was murdered here by his stepmother. Edward the Martyr's body was taken to Wareham where it rested for a few years, probably at The Priory. <p><a href="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/hotel/rooms/index.html">Stay at The Priory Hotel when you visit Corfe</a> <br><a href="ddoor.html">Next: Durdle Door</a> <br><a href="sources.html">Sources.</a> </p></div> <br clear=all><hr> <div class="foot"> <p align=right><small>The Priory Hotel, Church Green, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 4ND, UK<br> tel: +44 (0) 1929 551666<br> fax: +44 (0) 1929 554519<br> Email: <a href="mailto:reservations@theprioryhotel.co.uk">reservations@theprioryhotel.co.uk</a><br> WWW: <a href="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/">http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/</a> </small> </p><p class="date"><small><a href="../shared/index.html">Last modified: Mon, 07 Apr 2003</a></small> </p></div> </td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#66ffcc" valign="top"> <p><a href="../../hotel/index.html" title="Hotel Services"><img src="../../shared/buttons/hotels.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Hotel Services" border="none"></a><br> <a href="../index.html" title="Tourist Information"><img src="../../shared/buttons/touinf.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Tourist Info" border="none"></a><br> <a href="index.html" title="The Isle of Purbeck"><img src="../../shared/buttons/purb.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Purbeck" border="none"></a><br> <a href="aldh.html" title="St. Aldhelm's Head"><img src="../../shared/buttons/stald.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="St. Aldhelm's" border="none"></a><br> <a href="arne.html" title="The Arne Peninsula"><img src="../../shared/buttons/arne.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Arne" border="none"></a><br> <a href="bindon.html" title="Bindon, The Abbey"><img src="../../shared/buttons/bind.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Bindon" border="none"></a><br> <a href="bsea.html" title="Brownsea Island."><img src="../../shared/buttons/brown.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Brownsea" border="none"></a><br> <a href="corfe.html" title="Corfe and The Castle"><img src="../../shared/buttons/corfe.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Corfe" border="none"></a><br> <a href="ddoor.html" title="Durdle Door"><img src="../../shared/buttons/durdle.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Durdle Door" border="none"></a><br> <a href="dston.html" title="Durleston"><img src="../../shared/buttons/durl.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Durlston" border="none"></a><br> <a href="enc.html" title="Encombe"><img src="../../shared/buttons/enc.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Encombe" border="none"></a><br> <a href="furzeb.html" title="Furzebrook"><img src="../../shared/buttons/furze.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Furzebrook" border="none"></a><br> <a href="kimm.html" title="Kimmeridge Bay"><img src="../../shared/buttons/kimm.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Kimmeridge" border="none"></a><br> <a href="lulw.html" title="Lulworth"><img src="../../shared/buttons/lulw.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Lulworth" border="none"></a><br> <a href="redc.html" title="Redcliffe"><img src="../../shared/buttons/redc.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Redcliffe" border="none"></a><br> <a href="steeple.html" title="Steeple and it's remarkable connections."><img src="../../shared/buttons/steep.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Steeple" border="none"></a><br> <a href="tham.html" title="Tyneham, the empty village"><img src="../../shared/buttons/tynh.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Tyneham" border="none"></a><br> <a href="sources.html" title="Sources and suggestions for further reading."><img src="../../shared/buttons/source.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Sources" border="none"></a><br> <a href="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/smap.html" title="Site Map"><img src="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/shared/buttons/smap.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Site Map" border="none"></a><br> <a href="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/" title="Home Page"><img src="http://theprioryhotel.users8.donhost.co.uk/shared/buttons/home.gif" width="115" height="27" alt="Home" border="none"></a> </p> </td></tr></table> </body>