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York Castle

York Castle is a fortified complex in the city of York, England. It consists of a sequence of castles, prisons, law courts and other buildings, which were built over the last nine centuries on the north-west side of the River Foss. The now ruined keep of the medieval Norman castle is commonly referred to as Clifford's Tower. Built originally on the…

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Owner
English Heritage, York Museums Trust, Her Majesty's Courts Service
Battles/wars
Siege of York in 1644
Condition
Ruined keep, restored part curtain-wall, surviving 18th century buildings used as a museum and York's Crown Court
Designated
14 June 1954
Events
Jewish massacre of 1190
Grid reference
grid reference SE603514

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related to Bibliography · 118
York Castle → Abbeys, Account, Alcester, Alexander, Allen Brown's English Castles, Ancient Halls, Anthony, Anthony William, Archaeological Perspectives, AyresHull, Barry, Boydell Press, Britain's Medieval Castles, British Islands, Brown, Building, Butler, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, Castle
related to 17th century · 38
York Castle → Alexander Leslie, April, Babington, Baile Hill, Battle, Charles, Clifford, Clifford's Tower, Clifford's Tower's, Colonel Sir Francis Cobb, Despite, Duffield, Edmund Duffield, Edward Montagu, English Civil War, Ferdinando Fairfax, Forces, Henry Clifford, In, John Babington
related to 15th and 16th centuries · 29
York Castle → As, Aske's Pilgrimage, At, Battle, Bosworth, By, Clifford, Clifford's Tower, Cumberland, Earls, Edward IV, Edward VI, England, For, Grace, Henry, Henry VIII, In, John Leland, Micklegate Bar
related to 11th century · 26
York Castle → As, Baile Hill, Conqueror's, Cospatrick, Danes, Danish Viking, England, Foss, He, Humber, In, It, Later, Malet, Norman Conquest, Northumbria, Ouse, The, The Normans, This
related to 14th century · 16
York Castle → As, Clifford's Tower, Common Pleas, Court, During, Edward, Edward III, England, European, London, Many Westminster, Other, Scots, The, The Exchequer, York
related to 13th century · 12
York Castle → By, Christmas, During, England, Henry III, In, John's Irish, King Henry III, King John, Scots, The, York
related to 12th century · 9
York Castle → Castle, During, Henry, Henry II, Knights Templar, Lion, Scotland, The, William
related to External links · 3
York Castle → Clifford's TowerGatehouse Gazette, English Heritage, York CastleYork Castle Museum
Battles/wars · 1
York Castle → Siege of York in 1644
Condition · 1
York Castle → Ruined keep, restored part curtain-wall, surviving 18th century buildings used as a museum and York's Crown Court

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castle york tower clifford's prison keep century england used built city isbn new local bailey jail castles time english first

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York CastleBattles/warsSiege of York in 16441.00infobox
York CastleConditionRuined keep, restored part curtain-wall, surviving 18th century buildings used as a museum and York's Crown Court1.00infobox
York CastleCoordinates.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-pars…1.00infobox
York CastleDesignated14 June 19541.00infobox
York CastleEventsJewish massacre of 11901.00infobox
York CastleGrid referencegrid reference SE6035141.00infobox
York CastleMaterialsMagnesian Limestone1.00infobox
York CastleOwnerEnglish Heritage, York Museums Trust, Her Majesty's Courts Service1.00infobox
York CastleReference no.1259325 1259360 1259324 1259328 12593291.00infobox
York CastleTypeShell keep and bailey1.00infobox
York Castleis afortified complex in the city of York0.90text
the appointment of the royal favourite Sir Robert Ryther by Edward IV in 1478instance ofalthough there were some notable exceptions0.80text

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