- But much less well known is that on 25 September – 19 days before the Hastings encounter – a bloody battle took place at Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire.
- "Battle of Stamford Bridge 1066" https://englishhistory.net/middle-ages/battle-of-stamford-bridge-1066/, January 12, 2022.
- Like the Battle of Hastings, Stamford Bridge attracted many legends, in English as well as Scandinavian tradition.
- The Battle of Stamford Bridge, near York, was a significant battle on 25th September 1066, between King Harold’s English army and an invading force of...
- The Battle of Stamford Bridge. 25th September, 1066. There were several claimants to England's throne on the death of the childless King Edward The Confessor...
- Facts about the actual Battle of Stamford Bridge unfortunately remain elusive. What is known is Haraldr and his men were caught by surprise.
- The swiftness of his arrival was completely unanticipated by the Norwegians and they were taken by surprise. Anglo-Saxon Battle of Stamford Bridge.
- One feature of the Battle of Stamford Bridge was Harold's battle strategy (1). Harold used a small hill near Stamford Bridge to hide his troops.
- The Battle of Stamford Bridge, as depicted by Peter Nicolai Arbo (1870). From the collection of the Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum in Tromsø, Norway.
- An army headed by the English king, Harold II, defeated an invading force led by Harald Hardrada, King of Norway, at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.