Enmities ancient and modern: Britain's forgotten battlefields

As planners and archaeologists fight over the site of a 1066 confrontation which, experts say, may have changed the course of history, Ian Herbert reports on the places that shaped the nation
Published: 10 April 2007

Students who write essays about England's great battle of 20 September 1066 invariably have their dates wrong. They mean 14 October, when King Harold's men were up against the Normans at Hastings - or the engagement at Stamford Bridge, near York, just before it.

The September date does have a significance, though. It marks the Battle of Fulford - the third, forgotten great conflict of that year - and campaigners believe they are on the brink of winning a battle of their own to preserve its site against a 700-home development plan. continue...