REVIEW: The Last Viking by Don Hollway
Harald Hardrada is usually remembered for the Battle of Stamford Bridge, the failed invasion of England in Septemberr 1066. Stamford Bridge is quickly overshadowed by
2 September 2021
The Battle of Stamford Bridge
The Battle of Stamford Bridge, 25 September 1066 954 years ago King Harold Godwinson defended his crown against an invading Norwegian force led by King
25 September 2020
Recreating the 1066 battle march from Stamford Bridge to Hastings
A man with a passion for Anglo-Saxon history is recreating the ill-fated 300-mile 20-day march of King Harold from York to Battle in Hastings weighed
25 September 2020
MAP#59: Author Ian Macgill, 1066 and The Rhyme of King Harold
Journalist and author Ian Macgill found his writing passion traveling through the jungles of South America. As a young man Ian was awarded the Winston
10 November 2014
Battle of Stamford Bridge
Today marks the 947th anniversary of the Battle of Stamford Bridge. The battle pitted the forces of English King Harold Godwinson against the invading force
25 September 2013
One in the eye for history: experts still fighting over the site of the Battle of Hastings
It is the most famous battle in British history, fought, as every schoolboy knows, in 1066 at a site now marked by Battle Abbey, near
16 January 2013
MAP#19 – 1066 and The Battle of Hastings
Today is the 945th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. We look at the year 1066, the death of King Edward the Confessor and the
14 October 2011
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