Hastings
"The Battle of Hastings was fought on 14 October 1066 between the Norman-French army of Duke William II of Normandy and an English army under the Anglo-Saxon King Harold II , beginning the Norman conquest of England . It took place approximately 7 miles (11 kilometres) northwest of Hastings , close to the present-day town of Battle, East Sussex , and was a decisive Norman victory." ( wiki ) The Battle of Hastings - The Battlefield This is the field where where England’s future was fought. This is where the battle between King Harold and William the Conqueror. Link: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/1066-battle-of-hastings-abbey-and-battlefield/ Battle Abbey "In 1070 Pope Alexander II ordered the Normans to do penance for killing so many people during their conquest of England. In response, William the Conqueror vowed to build an abbey where the Battle of Hastings had taken place, with the high altar of its church on the suppos