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Senlac Hill or Senlac Ridge is generally accepted as the location in which Harold Godwinson deployed his army for the Battle of Hastings on 14 October 1066. It is located near what is now the town of Battle, East Sussex .
The exact events preceding the battle are obscure, with contradictory accounts in the sources, but all agree that William's army advanced from his castle towards the enemy. [66] Harold had taken a defensive position at the top of Senlac Hill (present-day Battle, East Sussex), about 6 mi (9.7 km) from William's castle at Hastings. [67]
The Battle of Hastings occurred on 14 October 1066 during the Norman conquest of England, between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and the English army under King Harold II. It took place at Senlac Hill , approximately 10 km (6 1 ⁄ 4 miles) northwest of Hastings , close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex , and ...
Battle is a town and civil parish in the district of Rother in East Sussex, England. It lies 50 miles (80 km) south-east of London, 27 miles (43 km) east of Brighton and 20 miles (32 km) east of Lewes. Hastings is to the south-east and Bexhill-on-Sea to the south. Battle is in the designated High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
There are two parts to the disputed edit: The first part is :"The traditional site of the Battle of Hastings is Senlac Hill, the site of the present-day remains of Battle Abbey, and William the Conqueror is said to have directed that the abbey's high altar be placed on the exact spot where Harold died; the battle is said to have been fought on the land to the south and west of the abbey."
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Senlac was originally known in Old English as Santlache meaning "Sand lake", the Normans punned it into the Norman French Sanguelac (translates into English as "blood lake”) the name became shortened to Senlac. The Chronicle of Battle Abbey records two guildhalls in Battle; one of them, the guild of St Martin , located in Sandlake.[see Searle ...