1066 Battle of Hastings, Abbey and Battlefield
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Tour of Battle Abbey and Site of the 1066 Battle of Hastings
Tour of Abbey and site of the 1066 Battle of Hastings
Battle Abbey, Hastings, UK
Battle of Hastings 1066 Site - Battle, England, United Kingdom
On October 14, 1066, the armies of Duke William II of Normandy (William the Conqueror) and Anglo-Saxon King Harold II met on a field about seven miles northwest of Hastings. The Normans won a decisive victory in what became known as the Battle of Hastings. Harold was killed in this battle, paving the way for the Norman's conquest of England.
After the conquest, William founded a monastery at the battle site. The abbey church was completed in 1094. The church's high altar was situated at the site where tradition holds that Harold was killed. The church was destroyed with the Dissolution of the Monasteries, and the land and surviving buildings went into private ownership.
Today, the Battle of Hastings battlefield and Battle Abbey grounds are an English Heritage Site. Visitors can tour the battlefield grounds and explore a number of the ancient abbey's buildings. However the abbey's Great Hall is now home to Battle Abbey School and is generally off limits to the public.
The village of Battle grew up around the abbey. It is directly accessed by train, making for a nice day trip from London.
The Photos (in order)
U12A2928 - The main plaza of the village of Battle is located just outside the entrance to Battle
U12A2838 - Battle Abbey's Great Gatehouse survives as the entrance to the battlefield site; it also houses a small museum
U12A2845 - Visitors can explore the Abbey Undercrofts
U12A2868 - The Battle of Hastings took place on this field
U12A2874 - Abbey Dormitory ruins
U12A2890 - Battle Abbey's Great Hall today houses Battle Abbey School
U12A2893 - The Abbey Church was built on the site of the Battle of Hastings; the church was destroyed during the Dissolution of the Monasteries, but its outline is marked on the grounds of the battlefield site
U12A2894 - The high altar of the Abbey Church was located at what is traditionally regarded as the site where Anglo-Saxon King Harold II was killed; the death of Harold all but assured the Norman's conquest of England
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Battlefield Medieval Weekend
This week is another journey back in time to 1403. Join me as i watch and learn about the history of my own town Shrewsbury. The object of this event is to teach the locals about the history that happened on our own doorstep. This was a free event done by volunteers.
This is the Battle of Shrewsbury medieval reenactment first event. This was something different but still this was a nice little event. I look forward to seeing how this event grows.
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Touring Battle Abbey and the 1066 Hastings Battlefield
One of the most important battle fields in history which decided the fate of Europe for almost 1000 years - the conquest of Britain by the Normans (William the Conqueror) and the induction of the feudal system. After the Battle, in which the Anglo-Saxon King Harold died, William had the Abbey built on the place of his death.
Battle Abbey : The 1066 Story
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Battle Abbey | October 2015
I visited Battle Abbey on the 14th October, on a university field trip. It's a fascinating look into early Norman monasteries.
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Battle of Hastings 950th anniversary re-enactment at Battle Abbey,15th October 2016
Battle abbey part 1
This vid was recorded via a phone camera hence the quality,my usual vid camera had a slight problem on the day,that problem being i forgot to charge it...a cardinal sin i know...any way the main reason behind it is on my last visit there the video file got corrupted so i decided to shoot this brief vid to show where some of the previous sessions(which is on PI-UK Site) evps were recorded.The site itself is Battle Abbey a building on the very edge of the Batle of Hastings 1066.
Time Team Special 54 (2013) - 1066: The Lost Battlefield (Battle, East Sussex, England)
Sir Tony Robinson looks for where the Battle of Hastings was really fought.
No copyright infringement has been intended by the uploading of this video; I am simply trying to share this amazingly interesting series.
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1066 A Kingdom Won and a Battlefield lost, battle of hastings
1066 A Kingdom Won and a Battle Field Lost
Welcome to the official site of my forthcoming book, revealing or un ravelling, the events of quite possibly Britain's most covered up Battle, that of The Battle of Hastings. Challenging the fact that the Battlefield that we have as the official one may not actually be ...
1066 A kingdom Won and a Battlefield Lost ....Coming soon.
Steadfast Trust - Ceremony at the Harold Stone, Battle 2012
Annually, The Steadfast Trust hold a ceremony at the Harold Stone in Battle, East Sussex. The Harold Stone is said to be the place where King Harold Godwinsson fell to the invading Normans whilst defending the ridge at Senlac Hill on October 14th 1066. Commonly known as the Battle of Hastings, William the Bastard's triumph saw a period of unrest as William stole English land, handing it to his supporters.
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Battle of Evesham - August 4, 1265 (Second Barons' War)
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Not pictured are the white crosses worn by the baronial forces and the red crosses worn by the royal forces
The battle of Evesham was fought on the morning of the 4th August 1265. The army of Simon de Montfort had probably not long entered Evesham when, from lookouts on the tower of the Abbey, news came of the approach of the royal army under Prince Edward. Taking the captive king Henry III with him, and despite being outnumbered more than three to one, de Montfort rode out with his cavalry, with his infantry in support, to engage the enemy.
Less than a mile to the north of the town, somewhere on the summit of Greenhill, de Montfort found the royal forces deployed in three divisions. He appears to have made a bold cavalry attack, perhaps in the hope of breaking through. At first some of the royal forces retreated, but then there was a counter attack and de Montfort’s army, or at least his knights, were soon encircled. Unusually for a medieval battle, no quarter was to be given and de Montfort and most of his main supporters were cut down. It appears likely that the infantry had already broken and begun to flee, but if not then they were soon routed. The rebel forces were pursed mercilessly back into the town, the killing continuing right through the streets and even in the abbey itself. Though peace was not finally restored across the country for another two years, the battle of Evesham had completely broken the rebellion, for almost all of its major supporters had been intentionally killed on the field.
Evesham is one of the few early battles for which a genuinely new primary source has been recently identified, one that has transformed our understanding of the event. This is now a battle where the broad character and location of the action is clearly understood and where the location of the action is fairly tightly constrained by the physical topography. Though there has been 20th century development in the area, a substantial part of the battlefield still remains undeveloped. This makes Evesham one of the few early medieval battles where a visit to the battlefield can be very clearly focussed and a relatively secure outline of the battle provided. For the same reason it is one where there appears a high potential for detailed reconstruction of the historic terrain and investigation of the battle archaeology. Although parts of the battlefield are accessible, a new scheme is being developed which should greatly improve that access and provide the first on site interpretation.
Battle of Hastings Reenactment, 2017 (1/2) Armies Deploy, the Norman Champion, First Assault
The first of two parts to the Battle of Hastings reenactment on the 14th October, 2017- exactly 951 years after the real engagement was fought on the ground where Battle Abbey now stands. In this video you will see the Saxon and Norman armies take to the field and lightly skirmish with each other, including the Norman champion Taillefer charge the Saxon lines, and the first push against the Saxon shieldwall.
Timestamps:
00:00 Saxon army takes to the field
03:40 Harold Godwinson, King of Saxon England, speaks to his men
06:24 Norman army takes to the field
08:06 Saxons posture with Daneaxes
08:35 Duke William of Normandy speaks to his men
10:28 The Norman Champion's introduction
13:25 The Champion, Sir Taillefer, finally arrives
15:56 Norman archers skirmish with Saxon slingers
17:50 The Norman's first assault on the Saxon Shieldwall
23:40 Norman knights charge and try to break the Saxon lines
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The Battle of Hastings - Searching for Bodies.
NEW AND IMPROVED.... Just an update on recent events in the Crowhurst valley. We have been scanning certain sites for evidence of the 3-5,000 Norman casualites who would have been buried on or close by the battlefield (in the bosom of the earth). Many thanks for the volunteers who came out to peg the sites.
Battle Abby. Battle East Sussex.
A tour of the Battle of Hastings Abby and Battlefield.
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