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William I, the Conqueror, King of England 1066-1087
William the Conqueror (1066 - 1087)
William the Conqueror ordered the building of Warwick Castle.
William and the Normans started construction of the castle at Nottingham. This would have been a wooden building. It was built on the high ground above the town using the steep slope down to the river Leen as a defence.
William the Conqueror ordered that building work on a castle at Lincoln was to be started.
Following the rebellion in the West William orders the construction of a castle at Exeter.
William the Conqueror continued his castle building programme at both Chester and Stafford.
Using the prehistoric hill fort's defensive position to good use, the Normans built a new castle on the Old Sarum site. William the Conqueror paid off his soldiers here in this year.
William orders a castle to be built at Ely.
Robert D'Oilly was given the task of building a castle at Oxford by William the Conqueror at the important Thames river crossing. A motte and bailey castle would have been the type of castle built at this time.
William orders the castle as Durham to be built.
The first of two castles located in London taking the name Baynard's Castle was built shortly after the Norman Conquest by Ralph Baynard, a Norman who was granted large amounts of land by William the Conqueror. The castle was demolished by King John in 1213.
To defend the estuaries of Essex against attacks from the Danes William the Conqueror ordered the construction of a new castle at Colchester.
William the Conqueror may have ordered the creation of a castle at Cardiff during his tour of Southern Wales. The first castle on the site would have been a motte and bailey type and it was built on the site of existing Roman fortifications.
