Farnborough Event - The Battle of Stamford Bridge
Wednesday 25th September 2019, 7pm to 9pm
The Plough & Horses has a car park, and there is lots of on street parking next to the pub. If you're coming via the M3, Junction 4a is the best exit.
Please leave a 'Will Attend' note on the cache page so we can get some idea of the numbers expected and let the pub know.
If you have not been to an Event Cache before, then do please feel free to come along, it's always goo to see new cachers.
On this day, 25 September 1066 The Battle of Stamford Bridge took place at the village of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, in England on 25 September 1066, between an English army under King Harold Godwinson and an invading Norwegian force led by King Harald Hardrada and the English king's brother Tostig Godwinson. After a bloody battle, both Hardrada and Tostig along with most of the Norwegians were killed. Although Harold Godwinson repelled the Norwegian invaders, his army was defeated by the Normans at Hastings less than three weeks later. The battle has traditionally been presented as symbolising the end of the Viking Age, although major Scandinavian campaigns in Britain and Ireland occurred in the following decades, such as those of King Sweyn Estrithson of Denmark in 1069–1070 and King Magnus Barefoot of Norway in 1098 and 1102–1103.