On September 28, 1066, William Duke of Normandy landed his forces at Pevensey Bay, heading for a showdown at Hastings with King Harold.


Norman history began in 911 when a Viking chieftain named Rollo was given an area in north France by the Frankish King Charles The Simple.

Rollo was said to have been so big that no horse could be found to carry him.

Within 40 years of the Norman Conquest, around 1,000 castles had been built in England.

Eilis agus Julie