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The Battle of Fulford

Fulford, York

The first of the three great battles of 1066.

In September 1066, before Stamford Bridge and Hastings, a Norwegian army under Harald Hardrada and Tostig, King Harold's exiled brother, landed and defeated the northern earls at Fulford, just outside York. It was the first of three great battles in under a month that decided the future of England.

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When
20 September 1066
Where
53.9300, -1.0700
Group
Battlefields

Visiting

Fulford is a suburb on the southern edge of York.

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