Battle of Hastings 1066 discussion

GEHFileBot · 08-25-2005, 03:53 PM

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Battle of Hastings 1066

The place where 1066 Willem the concerer defeated and killed Harold Godwinson, the last Saxon King of England, and destroyed his army, opening England to the Norman conquest.

peoples10 · 08-25-2005, 03:54 PM

The Battle of Hastings was not fought in Hastings it was fought in Battle.

Captain Hornblower · 08-25-2005, 05:04 PM

Pardon??????

Steeefan · 08-25-2005, 05:05 PM

I don't get it either.

peoples10 · 08-26-2005, 02:07 AM

What dont you get ,
I live here in Hastings and it was not fought here it was fought in battle in a place called battle abbey.

http://www.1066online.com/HASTINGS-M...tle-Abbey.html

peoples10 · 08-26-2005, 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peoples10

What dont you get ,
I live here in Hastings and it was not fought here it was fought in battle in a place called battle abbey.

http://www.1066online.com/HASTINGS-M...tle-Abbey.html

http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlfi...f-Hastings.htm

Captain Hornblower · 08-26-2005, 05:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by peoples10

What dont you get ,

Because I didn't know that there is a town in Sussex called Battle (it's even not in the German wikipedia entry of the Battle of Hastings). Without knowing this, your statement doesn't make sense.

Anyway, the historical name of this battle is Battle of Hastings. The Battle of Waterloo didn't also happen in Waterloo, but it was named so...

finnerty · 08-26-2005, 05:19 AM

The picture in the .kmz seems to show the coastline where William the Conqueror landed...I've heard, though, that the rates of erosion in the Devonian chalk cliffs in this region are so significant that the actual point of landing should now be located a bit offshore.

As for the location of the actual fighting, this link might shed some light:
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/s...onProperty.170

Cheers,
Steve

peoples10 · 08-26-2005, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by finnerty

The picture in the .kmz seems to show the coastline where William the Conqueror landed...I've heard, though, that the rates of erosion in the Devonian chalk cliffs in this region are so significant that the actual point of landing should now be located a bit offshore.

As for the location of the actual fighting, this link might shed some light:
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/s...onProperty.170

Cheers,
Steve

Here is the location ive uploaded the overlay of battle where the 2 swords cross is where the Battle took Place
http://www.googleearthhacks.com/dlfi...f-Hastings.htm

RKR · 08-26-2005, 12:28 PM

Maybe this discussion should be named The battle of Battle of the Battle of Hastings

Good discussion with a happy ending though

Yours

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peoples10 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 4	What dont you get , I live here in Hastings and it was not fought here it was fought in battle in a place called battle abbey. http://www.1066online.com/HASTINGS-M...tle-Abbey.html Last edited by peoples10; 08-26-2005 at 02:16 AM.

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finnerty Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 14	Battle of Hastings The picture in the .kmz seems to show the coastline where William the Conqueror landed...I've heard, though, that the rates of erosion in the Devonian chalk cliffs in this region are so significant that the actual point of landing should now be located a bit offshore. As for the location of the actual fighting, this link might shed some light: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/s...onProperty.170 Cheers, Steve __________________ [FONT=Garamond]Steve[SIZE=1][COLOR=SlateGray] :neutral:

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RKR Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: CPH, Denmark Posts: 24	New header? Maybe this discussion should be named The battle of Battle of the Battle of Hastings Good discussion with a happy ending though Yours

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