Hales Castle

Hales Castle was a medieval castle that once stood overlooking the town of Frome in the Mendip district of Somerset, England.

History

Hales Castle was built, probably in the years immediately after the Norman conquest of England in 1066, overlooking the town of Frome in the Mendip district of Somerset, England. In addition to supporting the Norman control of the local town, it was also close to the River Frome and the Roman road running from Poole Harbour on to the town of Bath, both important lines of communication for the Normans.

The circular ringwork is 120 feet (37 m) in diameter and stands on the northern slope of Roddenbury Hill, close to the Iron Age Roddenbury Hillfort. It comprises banks and outer ditches and has an unfinished bailey.

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Hales

Coordinates: 52°31′19″N 1°30′33″E / 52.521861°N 1.509247°E / 52.521861; 1.509247

Hales is a small village in Norfolk, England. It covers an area of 3.99 km² (1.54 sq mi) and had a population of 479 in 192 households as of the 2001 census, reducing to 469 at the 2011 census.

Church of St Margaret

The Church of Hales St Margaret is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. With its thatched roof, this church probably comes closest to the original appearance of an early round-tower church. It is in care of the Churches Conservation Trust, and is a Grade I listed building.

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X2 goes from Norwich in the west to Lowestoft in the east.

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Media related to Hales at Wikimedia Commons

Hales (king)

Hales or Chales (fl. 376–375 BC) was the king of the Triballi, a Thracian tribe that inhabited the region between West Morava and South Morava ("Angros" and "Brongos") rivers, called the "Triballian field" (πεδίον τὸ Τριβαλλικὸν) in what is today south-eastern Serbia.

In 376 BC, he led the Triballian army of 30,000 warriors and crossed Mount Haemus and the Sofia plain, followed the valley of the Strymon river and advanced as far as Abdera. His forces had nearly destroying the city before Chabrias, an Athenian general, was able to negotiate a peace between the Triballi and the king of Maronea, in the process winning over the Triballi to the Athenian side.

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Hales (surname)

Hales is a surname. Notable people with the surname include