So, castles, battles, divine countryside, endless beaches, a rock god - and an almost alien power station. 1066 country has got ’em all, and there aren’t many other parts of Britain who could ...

The English Castle: 1066-1650 (Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art) John Goodall (Author) Yale University Press. 480 pages. $75.00 ...

After the castle was abandoned, Dr Jamieson said it was possible local villagers took the stone to use elsewhere. The area was controlled by the last Anglo-Saxon King of England, Harald Godwinson, and ...

Shortly after invading England in 1066, William the Conqueror began consolidating power. Building castles was a primary means of asserting dominance and over the proceeding 150 years William and ...

When William I assumed the crown in England following his victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, he deployed motte-and-bailey castles to consolidate his rule.

Windsor Castle is the resting place of more than a dozen English and British kings and queens. Most are buried in St. George's Chapel, including Henry VIII, who died in 1547, and Charles I, who ...

Henry II's keep: There has been a castle in Dover since the defences of an Anglo-Saxon fortress were strengthened by William of Normandy, who built the first earthwork castle in 1066 before moving ...

Find out what the first Scottish castles were like and who built them with this BBC Bitesize Scotland article for P2, P3, P4, P5, P6, P7 - First and Second Level CfE ...

When William I assumed the crown in England following his victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066, he deployed motte-and-bailey castles to consolidate his rule.

Meanwhile, a bust of William the Conqueror was unveiled, external at Berkhamsted Castle in Hertfordshire, where English leaders surrendered to the king in 1066.