Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 days ago
The Battle of Fulford was fought a week before the Battle of Stamford Bridge, and Harold Hardrada and the Vikings were victorious. The Anglo Saxon chronicle's account has the battle site at the village of Fulford, across Germany Beck./ What (victorious) battle commander would choose a marsh site, across a swollen stream? The contemporary Viking account has them on the "North" side of the river. North of the bend at Middlethorpe puts you on the Knavesmire. Hardrada came up the river in longoboats, he could choose either side. The Knavesmire side is clearly the more advantageous spot. Wonder if they did any archaeology under the Terry's building before they built it?
#BattleofFulford #York #Minster #Terrys #Windmill #Ouse #Hardrada #Yorkshire
N.B. House keeping issues: I changed the name of the channel to better reflect what it's about. It's not much about Japanese monkeys, more about the Yorkshire outdoors.
Music is Walk through the Park, by Track Tribe, on YouTube Studio.
The Battle of Fulford was fought a week before the Battle of Stamford Bridge, and Harold Hardrada and the Vikings were victorious. The Anglo Saxon chronicle's account has the battle site at the village of Fulford, across Germany Beck./ What (victorious) battle commander would choose a marsh site, across a swollen stream? The contemporary Viking account has them on the "North" side of the river. North of the bend at Middlethorpe puts you on the Knavesmire. Hardrada came up the river in longoboats, he could choose either side. The Knavesmire side is clearly the more advantageous spot. Wonder if they did any archaeology under the Terry's building before they built it?
#BattleofFulford #York #Minster #Terrys #Windmill #Ouse #Hardrada #Yorkshire
N.B. House keeping issues: I changed the name of the channel to better reflect what it's about. It's not much about Japanese monkeys, more about the Yorkshire outdoors.
Music is Walk through the Park, by Track Tribe, on YouTube Studio.
