Whilst walking the city walls in York recently i came across an unusually named tower. It was called Bitchdaughter’s Tower. I am now aflame with curiosity to find the story behind this name, but have so far drawn a blank.
Does anybody know the history behind this name?
Apparently not.
I Googled it and only one hit came up. It’s a personal website with captioned photos and part of one caption is "This tower we are standing on was called the Bitchdaughter’s tower - but they are not sure why. "
Here’s a link:
http://amath.colorado.edu/student/matthewt/Images/Life/England02/
There’s also a .pdf that shows up if you search a little differently, but no explanation.