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Reconstruction from the ©West Berkshire District Council Information Board at Hampstead NorrisHampstead Norris Castle
Mystery Castle

Next to nothing is known is known about the motte and bailey castle hidden away behind the church at Hampstead Norris. If it was a post-Conquest erection, it was presumably the home of Theodoric the Goldsmith who owned the manor at the time of the Domesday Survey (1086).
 

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