 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Pane imwe nguva mukutanga kwezana remakore rechi12, nhare yakavakwa mukati meguta. Pakutanga nhare yematanda yakavakwa naRichard de Redvers, hama yokutanga yaMambo Henry I, yakavakwazve nematombo naBaldoin de Redvers kuti adzivise Mambo Stephen munguva yehondo yevagari vemonaMambokadzi Matilda. Nhare yakaonazve chiito mukati meHondo yevagari vemo ya16421651 apo yakabatwa neParamende. Christchurch yakashandura ruoko kanoverengeka: pakutanga pasi pekutonga kweMambo, yakatorwa neuto reParamende raSir William Waller muna 1644. Ishe Goring vakadzorera guta racho kwenguva pfupi muna 1645 asi vakamanikidzwa kudzokera uye vakadzoka nemauto makuru mazuva akazotevera ndokukomba nhare. Zvisinei, maParamende akadzivisa kukombwa ndokuramba akabata guta racho. Achitya kuti nhare yakasimba yakadaro yaigona kuwira mumaoko eMadzimambo zvakare, Cromwell akarayira kuti nhare iparadzwe muna 1652. 