Monday, February 20, 2006

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Battle of Stamford Bridge

Village, Humberside, N England, 8 mi. (13 km.) ENE of York; scene of battle 1066 in which English King Harold II defeated his brother Tostig and Harold Haardraade, king of Norway, Tostig's ally, just before battle of Hastings.

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