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Major Development plan for Clifford's Tower
Plans for a new visitor centre at Clifford's Tower in York were unveiled today. These include a new rooftop viewing platform, suspended walkways to previously inaccessible view points and a visitor centre.
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The history of Castle Acre Priory, founded soon after the Norman Conquest and one of the most picturesque and well-preserved monastic sites in England.
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Discover the very battlefield on which the most famous conflict in England’s history was fought.
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Framlingham Castle: History and Stories
Framlingham is a magnificent late 12th-century castle. Its owners for over 400 years were the Earls and Dukes of Norfolk, the supreme magnates in East Anglia – rich, influential and powerful.
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A brief history of Binham Priory, founded in 1091 and home to a community of Benedictine monks for over 400 years.
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Introduction to Medieval England
In our telling of the story of England, the medieval period is the time between William the Conqueror's victory at Hastings in 1066 and Richard III's defeat at Bosworth in 1485.
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There are three main points of interest: the Iron Age hillfort earthworks, the stronghold of the Norman castle on the motte and the remains of the cathedral within the north-west part of the hillfort.
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The Norman Conquest was achieved largely thanks to two instruments of war previously unknown in England: the mounted, armoured knight, and the castle. The former was a key factor in William the Conqueror’s triumph at Hastings, while the latter dramatically militarised the English landscape.
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Like many of England’s iconic Norman castles and fortresses, Prudhoe Castle in Northumberland has stood the test of time. It’s also the only Northumberland fortress that has never fallen to the Scots – despite being besieged twice.