Battle of Stamford Bridge

The Battle of Stamford Bridge

Battle Flat, Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.Here on 25th September 1066, Harold Godwinson claimed victory for the English over Harald Hardrade and the viking invaders at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.

Battle of Stamford Bridge

The Battle of Stamford Bridge, from The Life of King Edward the Confessor by Matthew Paris. 13th century. Cambridge, Cambridge University Library, MS Ee.3.59, f. 32v; MS produced c. 1250-60.

Battle site to east of Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.This photograph was taken from Moor Lane looking north northeast across fields toward the wooded area south of Burtonfield Hall. The field in the shot forms part of the site which was the battle of Stamford Bridge.

The Battle of Stamford Bridge and the death of Harald Hardrada (wielding a battleaxe).

Danish axe

1066: The Battle of Stamford Bridge. (Cambridge University Library, Ee.3.59, fo. 32v)

Wilhelm Wetlesen: Illustration for Harald Hardraada saga, Heimskringla 1899-edition.

Harald III of Norway

Slagene ved Stamford bro og Hastings 1066 Norsk versjon av Battle of Hastings map.jpg

A Viking re-enactor at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, September 2014.