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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 11h

Harold’s hill and William's victory was commemorated by a cathedral, as seen on our sample, but decades of English unrest would continue, including William 'Harrying' the North.

Tomorrow we will briefly visit York and look further into those sorry events. Perhaps William was still 'the Bastard'?
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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 11h

The story though, is well known. Slowly the Normans ground down the discipline of the Fyrd shield wall and caused them to break ranks several times through the day.
England had a crowned Norman head on the throne by Christmas.

Battle 1937 - www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/battle.htm
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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 11h

At 9am, William’s mounted men attacked, after his archers had been somewhat nullified by having to fire uphill. Harold’s army were steadfast, their archers being better trained and with a higher range. Initially, despite their differences, they were evenly matched. History hung in the balance.
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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 11h

You can almost hear the crunch of stout Norman horses, ridden by stout Norman knights, on fallen leaves & conker skins, squirrels dash away from the unexpected jingling metal & guttural language on the morning of October 14th 1066, through the evocatively-named woodlands on our Battle 1937 map.

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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 19h

Today we’re talking about Normans!
Big Bad Bill the Conqueror charged across the channel, landed & raged across England in sept. 1066!
Today sees the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, so we’re looking over the landscape, setting camp & reminding the housecarls to stand still, for god’s sake.
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Deborah Jarman @deborahjarman.bsky.social · 7d

#embroidery Winnie the Pooh and his friends join the Bayeux Tapestry to fight the French at the Battle of Hastings. Embroidery made for my granddaughter Jessica. Design inspired by an original drawing by EH Shepard.

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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 19h

Harold’s men encamped at the top of Senlac Hill & Duke William led his men the 6 or so miles from his base in Hastings to claim what he felt was his rightful throne. Tonight, we’ll look more closely at our chosen map of the day and try to get a feel of what it might have been like, 959 years ago!
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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 19h

Marching south after beating Harald Hardrada at Stamford Bridge on 25th Sept, King Harold learned on the way to London of Duke William's invasion. No doubt sighing deeply & regretting leaving the bulk of his army in the north, Harold regrouped in London for a week, then out for, and to, Battle.
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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 19h

William landed at Pevensey on 28th September, perhaps the troops with him rested at the Norman Bay Camping and Caravanning Club Site, before pushing inland towards Hastings, where a temporary wooden castle was built and used as a raiding base.
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Battle 1937-
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/battle.htm

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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 19h

Today we’re talking about Normans!
Big Bad Bill the Conqueror charged across the channel, landed & raged across England in sept. 1066!
Today sees the anniversary of the Battle of Hastings, so we’re looking over the landscape, setting camp & reminding the housecarls to stand still, for god’s sake.
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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 1d

***NEW SALE!***
Bargain half-price maps from across the nation on sale NOW!

#Dover, #Southport, #London, #Swindon, #Grimsby are among the 25 maps priced at just £1.75 plus postage!

Have a look through and add a bargain to your purchases today.

***LIMITED TIME OFFER***

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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 1d

New factories opening up all over the place, demanding huge access to water & power, a small elite make gigantic profits from new industries, people being displaced and pollution rising.
No, it’s not 2025, it’s 1847 – Bolton Trinity St & the River Croal!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/bolton13.htm

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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 1d

in the 1840s the River Irwell became an ‘open sewer’, industries were forced to build reservoirs to allow water to ‘settle’.
The problems of today are often those of yesterday.
As we now look at conservation, we can see parallels with our ancestors. How did your great-grandparents deal with water?

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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 1d

Further use of water was taken by the great demand of new residents for bathing and WC facilities. Public baths were built around the city and were hugely popular, making large profits for their owners. Alas, the river and local water sources suffered and threatened shortages during hot periods.
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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 1d

As the saying goes, history doesn’t repeat but it does rhyme.
For AI datacentres today, read Paper and Fabric mills in 1840’s Bolton, and dyeing, bleaching, corn milling, railway expansion, house building, mining and more!
Alan Crosby gives a great overview of the rise of Bolton in his map notes.
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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 1d

New factories opening up all over the place, demanding huge access to water & power, a small elite make gigantic profits from new industries, people being displaced and pollution rising.
No, it’s not 2025, it’s 1847 – Bolton Trinity St & the River Croal!
www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/bolton13.htm

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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 1d

Coming soon from your AGM account -

There's a Norman Invasion tomorrow, and in a week, we're all of to the Freshers Fair, as we take a tour of British Universities!

Join us for marauding armies of our-of-towners causing mayhem everywhere - and the Battle of Hastings!

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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 1d

***NEW SALE!***
Bargain half-price maps from across the nation on sale NOW!

#Dover, #Southport, #London, #Swindon, #Grimsby are among the 25 maps priced at just £1.75 plus postage!

Have a look through and add a bargain to your purchases today.

***LIMITED TIME OFFER***

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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 2d

Today’s sample is a great illustration of #York; history & progress, overlaid on a slightly damp landscape.

£3.50pp is a bargain for the stories Mr Handley relates, & to own a map with brilliant names like Osbaldwick lane, Tang Hall Lane & Bad Bargain Lane!

www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/yorks17407.htm

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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 2d

Martin Handley has a real way with words. His map notes once again lead us on a pleasantly busy amble across York (NE) & Heworth 1907, gently filling the mind with two thousand years of history and intrigue, anecdotes and reflections on the modern day are peppered throughout.
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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 2d

From the local council encouraging fly-tipping to get rid of a marsh and asking locals to create more rubbish to generate early 20th C. energy, to dead Romans and Anglo-Saxons laying in front of steam engines, today’s *new* map is, to say the least, a record of a unique part of #York and the UK.

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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 2d

Oh, how awful.

Such a wonderful museum too, with fantastic staff - this will hurt all of them so much.

I hope things get sorted out quickly.

-Andrew.

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 2d

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Nadia from London has an idea that sounds such fun you'll be booking a day out asap.
"I've always loved museums," she says,
"but they can be overwhelming for children. For decades now, I've done something called 'playing postcards'
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the museum backwards, visiting the gift shop first. Each child gets to choose three postcards. Then they take it in turns to find that particular artwork in the museum and give us a little information about the piece from the details on the postcard, or from any gallery plaque. At the end of this treasure-hunt-style activity, we vote for our favourite in the cafe."

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Moose Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 2d

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Cartoon of a social gathering. A man is talking to a vampire. The man says "Welcome, Count Dracula. Would you like a small aperitif?". The vampire replies "No, I think mine are just the right size".

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Alan Godfrey Maps @alangodfreymaps.bsky.social · 3d

I love learning these wee tidbits from the map notes!

-Andrew.