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    Battle, East Sussex and the Battle of Hastings.....

    Battle is an attractive small market town in East Sussex, famous for being the site of the Battle of Hastings where William the Conqueror defeated Harold Godwinson for the throne of England. Prior to 1066, the area was scrub and heathland and was relatively empty and unpopulated. A town grew up...
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