The village of Battle, named after the 1066 Battle of Hastings |
Battle High Street |
1066 Country route marker, Rye to Pevensey via Battle |
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Battle Abbey Gatehouse |
Battle Abbey was built on the site of the Battle of Hastings, 1066 |
Battle Abbey |
William the Conqueror Trail |
The Pilgrim's Rest, Battle |
Burtons Restaurant, next to the Pilgrims Rest |
The Abbey Inn, Battle |
Gatehouse to Battle Abbey from Abbey Green |
Jempson's Café, Battle |
Jempson's Café, Battle |
The 1066 Pub, Battle |
The 1066 Pub, Battle |
Battle High Street |
The Abbey Inn, Battle |
The Abbey Inn, Battle |
HSBC, Battle High Street |
North Gate, Battle Abbey |
Roadsign for Battle Abbey and the 1066 battlefield |
Opening hours for Battle Abbey |
Battle Abbey gatehouse tower |
Abbey Green, not very green anymore |
Former Abbott's Great Hall, now Battle Abbey School |
Battle Abbey |
Battle Abbey gatehouse |
Battle Abbey tower |
Staircase, Battle Abbey gatehouse |
Penny coin of King William I, Battle Abbey |
King Harold from the Bayeux Tapestry |
Artist's impression of Battle Abbey in the early 16th C. |
View of town from the Gatehouse |
View from the Gatehouse of the Battle Abbey School |
Justice and Faith |
Family tree connecting the Dukes of Normandy with the Kings of England |
Inside one of the towers of the Battle Abbey Gatehouse |
Information about the Battle of Hastings and Battle Abbey |
Battle Abbey was founded in 1070 to commemorate the Norman victory |
Battle Abbey was dissolved in 1538 |
Battle Abbey Gatehouse and museum |
The Domesday Book was commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085 |
King Harold's 1066 coronation on the Bayeux Tapestry, a very short reign |
Artist's impression of the Battle of Hastings, 1066 |
The First Norman attack |
Detail of the First Norman Attack |
The 1066 Battlefield |
Ruins of the Dormitory, Battle Abbey |
Ruins of the Dormitory, Battle Abbey |
Ruins of the Dormitory, Battle Abbey |
Ruins of the Dormitory, Battle Abbey |
Undercroft, Battle Abbey |
Undercroft, Battle Abbey |
Undercroft, Battle Abbey |
Undercroft, Battle Abbey |
Undercroft, Battle Abbey |
Ruins of Battle Abbey |
Ruins of Battle Abbey |
Of the ruins, the Dormitory is the most intact |
Map of the buildings of Battle Abbey |
Ruins of the 13th C. Crypt Chapels, Battle Abbey |
Site of the High Altar of Battle Abbey, where tradition has it King Harold was killed 11 October 1066 |
Pilgrim's Rest, ca 1420 |
Pilgrim's Rest, ca 1420 |
Gatehouse, Battle Abbey |
Rocky beach at Cliff End, Hastings |
Rocky beach at Cliff End, Hastings |
Rocky beach at Cliff End, Hastings |
St. Andrew's Church, Fairlight |
Fairlight |
Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve |
The Firehills - Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve |
Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve |
Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve |
Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve |
Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve |
Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve |
Hastings Country Park Nature Reserve |
Plaque for Grey Owl (1888-1938), an Englishman who "west native" in northern Ontario |
All Saints Church, Hastings |
Hastings |