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[Karl]

http://www.battleoffulford.org.uk/

Came across this site which covers the battle in great depth. Housing developers want to build a road over the battle site and this group is campaining against it. They are working on a tapestry of the battle which I hope to have a look at in York next week (Jorvik festival) and they organise walks across the battlefield although can;'t see any plans for 2012 yet. I also like the way they refer to English rather than Anglo Saxon.

http://www.battleoff...ub_evidence.htm

[Forstig]

I have the book 'The Forgotten Battle Of Fulford 1066' which I read a couple of years ago. I can recommend it if you havn't read it. I can remember looking at the website then & thinking how can these twats really want to build on a battle site of Englisc national interest. I hope that now alot of the locals are clued up they can add some pressure.

The festival starts tomorrow but its unlikely I'll be able to get this year unfortunately

[Guthlac]

An excellent site Karl which we all need to get behind.

[Guy]

Forstig, on 10 February 2012 - 03:51 PM, said:

I can remember looking at the website then & thinking how can these twats really want to build on a battle site of Englisc national interest.

That's exactly the point, a good way to eliminate any trace of what happened, which in time it would do.
Chip chip, chip away, and before you know it nobody gives a shit. But unless there is a halt to mass immigration, that housing estate will probably end up mostly occupied by them, like many others have and they would have no interest in what went before.

[Karl]

Forstig, on 10 February 2012 - 03:51 PM, said:

I have the book 'The Forgotten Battle Of Fulford 1066' which I read a couple of years ago. I can recommend it if you havn't read it. I can remember looking at the website then & thinking how can these twats really want to build on a battle site of Englisc national interest. I hope that now alot of the locals are clued up they can add some pressure.

The festival starts tomorrow but its unlikely I'll be able to get this year unfortunately

I met the author on the day and he signed my copy of the book which I am already nearly half way through. It was a success for the Fulford group and they raised more money than expexcted in their fight to keep developers of the battle site. I had no idea how big the battle of Fulford was and how important it would prove to be in 1066. The author Charles Jones came across as passionate about English history and determined to stand fast at Fulford despite being bullied, threatened and lied to by 'high-up' people. The discovery of a large colony of Water Voles on the site has certainly helped the cause!
I think the last paragraph of the book is worth a re-print here ~

''The hero's of this story are Harold Godwinson and the English people. I cannot detect any selfish ambition in Harold's actions. He was a good servent of England and his death at Hastings was a blow to the country. The willingness of the English to produce four armies to defend their homeland suggests they had something worth fighting for. 1066 was a setback, but one from which the people of England quickly began to recover. Achievements such as the Magna Carta and the creation of a representive forum were only postponed, rather than prevented by the killing of the legitimate king of England, Harold Godwinson.
The omission from the national narrative of the battle of Fulford is one that historians need to answear. We hear it is the victors who write history. If so, it is time to rebel and insist that a correct record of events is made.''

Here is a link to 'Runesmith' who had a stall at York with some interesting Saxon era hand-made stuff, I especially like the Offa's brooch based on the Staffordshire Hoard design. Free posting anywhere in the world for our friends abroad : )
http://www.runesmith...sax/runesax.htm

[Forstig]

Thanks for the update mate. Thats certainly encouraging news with respect of the battle site, lets hope the voles keep breeding like rabbits