Further Reading Of Castle Rising
The Castle and Village of Castle Rising

  • Bradfer-Lawrence. H,L., 1932. Castle Rising -
    A Short History of the Castle, Honour, Church and Borough. King's Lynn

  • Brown, R.A., 1970. English Castles. -
    Chancellor Press. London.

  • Dence, C.S., 1980. Portrait of a Village: Castle Rising. Privately Published.

  • Harrod, H., 1857. -
    Gleanings among the Castles and Convents of Norfolk. Norwich Arch. Soc. 25-70.

  • Liddiard, R., 2000. -
    Castle Rising, Norfolk: A Landscape of Lordship. Anglo-Norman Studies: Proceedings of the Battle Conference, 1992.22. Boydell 169-186.

  • Liddiard, R., 2000. -
    Castle Rising, King's Lynn - Norfolk; A Short History of Castle Rising and it's owners. Castle Rising.

  • Morley, B. & Gurney, D., 1997. -
    Castle Rising Castle, Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. Report No. 81

  • Taylor, W., 1850. -
    The History and Antiquities of Castle Rising, Norfolk. King's Lynn.

Castles in General

  • Heslop, T.A., 1994. Norwich Castle Keep -
    Romanesque Architecture and Social Context. Center of East Anglian Studies. University of East Anglia.

  • McNeill, T., 1992. Castles. London.

  • Pounds, N.J.G., 1990. -
    The Medieval Castle in England and Wales: A Social and Political History. Cambridge. * Thompson, M.W., 1991. The Rise of the Castle. Cambridge.

The Norman Conquest

  • Margerson, S., Seillier, F. and Rogerson, A., 1994. -
    The Normans in Norfolk. Norfolk Museums Service.


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