Websites
The Norman Conquest School Site – tells the story of the Norman Conquest
Battle of Hastings Game
The Schools History Site telling the story of the Norman Invasion and conquest of England.
History of Learning Site – Castles, William I, Battle of Hastings, 1066 – an important date, Bayeaux Tapestry, Domesday Book
Focus on Domesday – learn about the Domesday Book.
BBC Site – Norman Conquest (with Battle of Hastings game).
Two sites depicting the Bayeux Tapestry – Hastings 1066 – Bayeux Tapestry and The Reading Bayeux Tapestry
History of the Monarchy – William 1
Motte and Bailey Castles in Wales
The Normans in Britain.
The Domesday Book Online Website
Norman Places to Visit
Hedingham Castle in Halstead, Essex
Berkley Castle in Berkley, Gloucestershire
Peveril Castle in Castleton, Derbyshire
Arundel Castle near Arundel, West Sussex.
Public Record Office – currently displaying the Domesday Book.
The Town of Battle and Battle Abbey – the site of the Battle of Hastings.
Reading Museum – houses a Victorian copy of the Bayeux Tapestry
Reference Books
I Wonder Why Castles Had Moats by Phillip Steele.
100 Things you should know About Knights and Castles by Jane Walker
The Best-ever Book of Castles by Phillip Steele
Medieval Realms: Britain 1066-1500 by Neil Tonge and Peter Hepplewhite.
Stormin' Normans by Terry Dreary.
