Stamford Bridge (1066 battle site village)
About Stamford Bridge (1066 battle site village)
The Battle of Stamford Bridge took place at the village of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, in England, on 25 September 1066, between an English army under King Harold Godwinson and an invading Norwegian force led by King Harald Hardrada and the English king's brother Tostig Godwinson. After a bloody battle, both Hardrada and Tostig, along with most of the Norwegians, were killed. Although Harold Godwinson repelled the Norwegian invaders, his army was defeated by the Normans at Hastings less than three weeks later.
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There are bits which they know they would have gone through, so there's an old Roman arch and Lincoln that these guys would have gone through, so they're going to go through that, and they're going to go on various Roman tracks and things like that. That's kind of cool. Do you know who the chairman of the Battle of Stamford Bridge Society is? No. It's Chris Rock. I assume it's the same one, but...
from 133: No Such Thing As Paranoid Ants, 2016-10-01 at 00:23:11 · read transcript
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