When the Normans invaded England in the 11th century, their first fortresses were made not of stone but of wood. Recent excavations have shown what these wooden castles looked like ...

William had won the Battle of Hastings, but this did not mean everyone in England immediately supported ... and the leaders of the Church were usually Norman. These castles weren’t built to ...

Although the Normans were ferocious, they were godly in their way and faithful to the papacy which had blessed their attack upon England ... of the borough and its castle settled by immigrants.

Berkhamsted Castle, Hertfordshire, was one of the most important early Norman castles. A pharmaceutical firm has donated three acres (1.2 hectares) to Berkhamsted Castle Trust, plus £25,000 to ...

The castle's origins trace back to a timber structure built by William de Mohun during the 11th century Norman conquest ... following his conquest of England. During the First Barons' War ...