Castle Rising Castle new wealth, William built Castle Rising and New Buckenham Castle in Norfolk, and expanded Arundel Castle in West Sussex. The castle was located from the port of King's Lynn. In the 12th century it would have typically have been reached by boat, through a channel in the marshy Babingley River that ran nearby. Following the Norman conquest of England, the land had been granted to Bishop Odo, the Earl of Kent, who may have used it as an administrative centre; there were many Saxo-Norman buildings on the site of the later castle. Although Norfolk was a prosperous region during this
West Newton, Norfolk Related berewicks are "West Newton" and Castle Rising, moreover Weston Longville is said to be in Snettisham's valuation. However West Newton is clearly in the ownership of the Bishop of Bayeux. West Newton parish church is dedicated to Saint Peter and Saint Paul, and has a fourteenth-century church tower. West Newton, Norfolk West Newton is a village in the north of the English county of Norfolk. The village is situated some 1 km south of the village of Sandringham , 11 km north of the town of King's Lynn and 60 km north-west of the city of Norwich. The village