• The Battle of Stamford Bridge (Old English: Gefeoht æt Stanfordbrycge) took place at the village of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, in England, on 25 September 1066...
  • Size of the armies at the Battle of Stamford Bridge: The kernel of King Harold’s army was his body of house-carls, numbering around 2,000 men.
  • The Battle of Stamford Bridge erupted with a ferocity that shook the very earth.
  • The Viking armada sailed up the River Ouse and after a bloody encounter with Morcar, Earl of Northumberland at the Battle of Fulford, seized York.
  • The Battle of Stamford Bridge King Harold II (c.1020–1066) of Britain beholds the body of his rebellious brother, Tostig, whom he has just defeated at the Battle of...
  • The Battle of Stamford Bridge is completely ignored by that great record of the Norman Conquest, the Bayeux Tapestry.
  • The Battle of Stamford Bridge was fought eight miles outside of York on 25 September 1066.
  • Of the 300 ships that carried the invasion fleet, only 26 were needed to ferry the survivors back home, and today, the Battle of Stamford Bridge is widely regarded...
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