Permanent historical factsheet

York Castle

Name: York Castle – England factsheet records
Creator: World History Database

England · Warfare / Norman Invasion Wars. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records

1068–1069Date range

1Named people

2Places

Chronological records

1068

William I the Conqueror1068

York · Warfare / Norman Invasion Wars

Orders the construction of a castle in York

1069

William I the Conqueror1069

London · Warfare / Norman Invasion Wars

Orders the construction of a second castle at York

Names involved

William I the Conqueror

Provenance

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