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Norman and castle
Even after the Norman Conquest, Ealdred still controlled some events in Worcester, and it was Ealdred, not Wulfstan, who opposed Urse d ' Abetot's attempt to extend the castle of Worcester into the cathedral after the Norman Conquest.
The town contains the remains of a medieval stone castle built soon after the Norman conquest of Wales.
One of the oldest is Dublin Castle, which was first founded as a major defensive work on the orders of King John of England in 1204, shortly after the Norman invasion of Ireland in 1169, when it was commanded that a castle be built with strong walls and good ditches for the defence of the city, the administration of justice, and the protection of the King ’ s treasure.
Largely complete by 1230, the castle was of typical Norman courtyard design, with a central square without a keep, bounded on all sides by tall defensive walls and protected at each corner by a circular tower.
Sited to the south-east of Norman Dublin, the castle formed one corner of the outer perimeter of the city, using the River Poddle as a natural means of defence.
Constructed from Norman through to Tudor times, the castle has been described by architectural historian Anthony Emery as " the finest surviving example of a semi-royal palace of the later middle ages, significant for its scale, form and quality of workmanship ".
Founded in the 1120s around a powerful Norman great tower, the castle was significantly enlarged by King John at the beginning of the 13th century.
The castle was first built by a Norman baron in c. 1100 on a cliff above the River Nidd.
The same year Rhys is recorded as an independent commander for the first time, leading an army to capture the Norman castle of St Clears.
In 1167 he joined Owain Gwynedd in an attack on Owain Cyfeiliog of southern Powys, and spent three weeks helping Owain besiege the Norman castle of Rhuddlan.
William granted some lands to his continental followers from the holding or holdings of one or more specific Englishmen ; at other times, William granted a compact grouping of lands previously held by many different Englishmen to one Norman follower, often to allow for the consolidation of lands around a strategically placed castle.
With the help of 300 Norman knights sent by Richard of Aversa, Hildebrand personally led the conquest of the castle of Galeria, where Benedict had taken refuge.
The pope was liberated, but after the Roman people became incensed by the excesses of his Norman allies, he was compelled to withdraw to Monte Cassino, and later to the castle of Salerno by the sea, where he died the following year.
Some time between the Norman Conquest and the compilation of the Domesday Book, William the Conqueror granted the burh to Juhel of Totnes, who was probably responsible for the first construction of the castle.
Excavations have unearthed a Muslim necropolis and a mosque from the 12th century next to a Norman castle.
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Many historical structures remain, including a city wall founded in Roman times and rebuilt in the 14th century, the ruins of St Augustine's Abbey and a Norman castle, and perhaps the oldest school in England, The King's School.
He demolished the Norman castle and replaced it with his own, the Château Bouvreuil, built on the site of the Gallo-Roman amphitheatre.
The town grew up with and around the castle which Fitzhamon ordered to be built ( where Castle, Norman and Bailey streets are situated near to Saint Mary's Church in modern-day Port Talbot ).
A Norman castle was later built on the site.
The earliest monument in the town is the motte-and-bailey castle, now known as Millmount Fort, which overlooks the town from a bluff on the south bank of the Boyne, and which was probably erected by the Norman Lord of Meath, Hugh de Lacy sometime before 1186.
The crest includes elements from the coat of arms of the city of Newcastle upon Tyne ; the two sea horses representing Tyneside's strong connections with the sea, the castle representing the city's Norman keep.
The design was of a circular shape, which featured the club's name in full, it contained a magpie standing in front of the River Tyne with the historic Norman castle of Newcastle in the background.
In Norman times a small castle was established at Bossiney, probably before the Domesday Survey of 1086 ; Bossiney and Trevena were established as a borough in 1253 by Richard, 1st Earl of Cornwall.

Norman and Pont
Honfleur is in the Norman département of Calvados, located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine, across from le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie.
Military action allowed him to add the castle of Pont St-Pierre to his Norman estates in June 1136 at the expense of one of his rivals.

Norman and Stephen's
Modern historians have extensively debated the extent to which Stephen's personality, external events or the weaknesses in the Norman state contributed to this prolonged period of civil war.
Theobald met with the Norman barons and Robert of Gloucester at Lisieux on 21 December but their discussions were interrupted by the sudden news from England that Stephen's coronation was to occur the next day.
Stephen's new Anglo-Norman kingdom had been shaped by the Norman conquest of England in 1066, followed by the Norman expansion into south Wales over the coming years.
Theobald met with the Norman barons and Robert of Gloucester at Lisieux on 21 December but their discussions were interrupted by the sudden news from England that Stephen's coronation was to occur the next day.
Caburn has only been reoccupied sporadically since the great northern ditch was built, at the Norman Conquest and during Stephen's reign.

Norman and Bridge
The new funds were designated for physics research, and ultimately lead to the establishment of the Norman Bridge Laboratory, which attracted experimental physicist Robert Andrews Millikan from the University of Chicago in 1917.
* Norman Rockwell: Once upon a time there Was the American Dream by Tiziano Thomas Dossena, Bridge Puglia USA, April 2011
Less than three weeks after Stamford Bridge, on 14 October, Harold was defeated and killed at the Battle of Hastings, beginning the Norman Conquest of England, and ending the Anglo-Saxon era.
So many English senior Thegns and lesser noblemen died at Stamford Bridge and Hastings that it was difficult for the Anglo-Saxons to resist their new Norman lords ; there were literally no leaders with standing to rally around.
In March 1970 Norman performed at the Youth for Christ-sponsored Faith Festival, the first major Jesus music festival, at Evansville, Indiana, which attracted 6, 000 people to hear him, Pat Boone and his family, Christian folk singer Gene Cotton, and Jesus rock artists Danny Taylor, Crimson Bridge, and e, a band that included Greg X. Volz.
Norman Rockwell, who, for a time, lived in Arlington, Vermont, was a friend of Grandma Moses who lived in nearby Eagle Bridge, New York.
Northern England would continue to be a source of intrigue for the Norwegians until Harald III of Norway's death at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066 just prior to the Battle of Hastings and the Norman conquest.
It splits into Oxford Street, Pelham Street and Norman Street where it meets the A15 at Pelham Bridge, close to the large Siemens engineering company.
Norman Cross – Bourne takes 33 minutes, Bourne to Lincoln takes 46 minutes and Lincoln to the Humber Bridge takes 54 minutes.
In 1905 this was rebuilt by Norman and Beard with Sir Frederick Bridge of Westminster Abbey as the consultant.
The township comprises the communities of Avondale, Bainsville, Bayview Estates, Bridge End, Brown House Corner, Camerons Point, Cashions Glen, Curry Hill, Dalhousie Mills, Glen Brook, Glendale Subdivision, Glen Falloch, Glen Nevis, Glen Norman, Glenroy, Glen Walter, Green Valley, Lancaster, Lancaster Heights, Loon Island, MacGillivrays Bridge, Martintown, Munroes Mills, North Branch, North Lancaster, North Lancaster Station, Pine Hill, Redwood Estates, South Lancaster, Summerstown, Summerstown Station, St. Raphaels, Tyotown, and Williamstown.
In Montgomery, U. S. 331 used to occupy Norman Bridge Road south of South Boulevard until it connected to the existing U. S. 331 about south of South Boulevard.
However, by 1970 a four lane stretch of U. S. 331 was opened between the connection of Norman Bridge Road / U. S. 331 and South Boulevard and U. S. 331 was re-routed onto this road.
* Frank Bridge: Suite for Strings, Summer ( Norman del Mar )
Upon moving to California, he became a favorite of producer / director Norman MacDonnell, performing frequently on Escape ( notably as Ronald Dawson in The Second Class Passenger and Peyton Farquar in Ambrose Bierce's An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge ), and was a leading member of the Gunsmoke repertory company.
Possibly known as the Bridge of Dubhghall, this basic wooden structure was maintained and rebuilt over several centuries ( from early Medieval to Viking to Norman times ).
Terminally ill, his final victory was as a member of the team-of four champions for the Reisinger trophy with teammates Edgar Kaplan, Norman Kay, Bill Root and Richard Pavlicek at the fall American Contract Bridge League ( ACBL ) North American Bridge Championships ( NABC ) in 1983-the same year, he was awarded the prestigious Charles H. Goren Award.

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