The towering castles that dot England’s landscape symbolize ... as monuments to the Norman elite who reshaped the country ...

Not long after, the Archbishop of York and earls Edwin and Morcar also submitted. England had finally accepted defeat. On Christmas Day 1066 ... motte and bailey castles began to spring up ...

castle. And it was the Conqueror ... side of the Norman conquest in 1066". "It tells us who owned land under Edward the Confessor - who received land after William the Conqueror won the Battle ...

Shortly after William the Conqueror's invasion of England in 1066 a castle was built on the grounds. It was occupied until the 16th century, but then fell into disrepair and was demolished towards ...