Fire destroys the wooden keep during a massacre of around 150 Jews trapped inside by an angry mob; many of the Jews commit suicide rather than be murdered or forcibly baptized
1245-72
Castle keep later known as Clifford's Tower constructed for King Henry III
1596-97
Clifford's Tower partly dismantled
1684
Clifford's Tower gutted by an explosion
14 Jun 1954
Clifford's Tower designated a Grade I listed building
