History - The Normans to the Civil War

Site of the battle of Hastings, Battle, East Sussex. The Tower of London Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire

1066: Site of the battle of Hastings, Battle, East Sussex.
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1070: The Tower of London, begun in 1070, by Wenceslas Hollar (1607-1677)
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1071: Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire, begun in 1071 by Alan the Red after he had been granted the Borough of Richmond by William I as a reward for helping defeat northern rebels in 1069.
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Rock of Cashel, Co Tipperary.

Carved stone font, St Peter, Southrop, Gloucester Yew trees at St Cuthbert's Church, Doveridge, Derbyshire

12 century: Rock of Cashel, Co Tipperary. The site was donated to the Church in 1101 by Muircheartach O'Brien and in 1127, the bishop Cormac MacCarthy, started work on the Chapel. Some of the fortifications are much earlier.
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12 century: Carved stone font, St Peter, Southrop, Gloucester, showing an armoured woman, 'virtues trampling on opposite vices'.
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Late 12 century: Yew trees at St Cuthbert's Church, Doveridge, Derbyshire, approximately 1400 years old. According to legend, Robin Hood married Maid Marrion beneath this tree.
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Caerphilly Castle, Glamorgan. Ridge and furrow field system at Tissington, Derbyshire. Demonstration of medieval belt making at Warwick Castle.

1268: Caerphilly Castle, Glamorgan. Built by Gilbert de Clare.
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14 century: Ridge and furrow field system at Tissington, Derbyshire.
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14 century: Demonstration of medieval belt making at Warwick Castle.
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Ruin of the Banqueting Hall, Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire. Almshouses, Ewelme, Oxfordshire. North door of the cathedral at Clonmacnoise, Co Offaly.

1422: Ruin of the Banqueting Hall, Sudeley Castle, Gloucestershire.
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1437: Almshouses, Ewelme, Oxfordshire. For 13 men who were poor through age or infirmity, but not no-one with leprosy or other intolerable disease.
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1460: North door of the cathedral at Clonmacnoise, Co Offaly. The figures over the door are St Dominic, St Patrick and St Francis.
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Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire. The Tower of London as it appeared in the fifteenth century. Detail of the exceptional medieval wall tiles in Malvern Priory, Worcestershire.

1480: Compton Wynyates, Warwickshire. Restored from a derilict state in 1835.
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15 century: The Tower of London as it appeared in the fifteenth century. From London , ed Charles Knight, 1841
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15 century: Detail of the exceptional medieval wall tiles in Malvern Priory, Worcestershire.
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The Globe Theatre, Southwark The Globe Theatre, Southwark Coronation of James I

1598: The Globe Theatre, Southwark, built between 1598-99, re-built in 1613 and finally demolished in 1644. From Wilkinson's Londinia Illustrata, 1825.
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1598: Interior of the Globe Theatre, Southwark. Modern reconstruction opened in 1997.
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1603: Coronation of James I. From London, ed Charles Knight, 1841
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Old Grammar School, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. London Bridge as it appeared in about 1616 Civil War re-enactment at Odiham millennium Fete, Hampshire.

1614: Old Grammar School, Market Harborough, Leicestershire. Founded in 1614 by Robert Smyth.
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1616: London Bridge as it appeared in about 1616, from London, ed Charles Knight, 1841
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1640's: Civil War re-enactment at Odiham millennium Fete, Hampshire.
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Musketeer of Devereux's Regiment priming his musket. Sergeant of Pike in Sir Gilbert Houghton's Company. The Battle of Naseby, 14 June 1645.

1640's: Sealed Knot Civil War Re-enactment. Musketeer of Devereux's Regiment priming his musket.
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1640's: Sealed Knot Civil War Re-enactment. Sergeant of Pike in Sir Gilbert Houghton's Company.
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1645: Sealed Knot Civil War Re-enactment. The Battle of Naseby, 14 June 1645.
RE/P12D/4

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