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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Stone of remembrance
- District
- East Yorkshire
- Town
- Stamford Bridge
- County
- Humberside
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- 11th Century Wars (1000-1099)
- Maker
- LOCAL CRAFTSMAN
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 29 Sep. 1956
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 51690
Current location
ON A GREEN ADJACENT TO THE SITE OF THE NOW DEMOLISHED BRIDGE
Stamford Bridge
East Yorkshire
Humberside
England
OS Grid Ref: SE 710 550
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rough-hewn block of stone with two plaques, one in English, one in Norwegian A marble tablet has been fixed to the wall behind the stone, with inscription in gold lettering below crossed gold battle-axes
- Inscription
- THE BATTLE OF STAMFORD BRIDGE/ WAS FOUGHT IN THIS NEIGHBOURHOOD/ ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 1066 (same inscription on second plaque in Norwegian) (marble tablet) THE BATTLE OF STAMFORD BRIDGE/ KING HAROLD OF ENGLAND DEFEATED/ HIS BROTHER TOSTIG AND KING HARDRAADA OF NORWAY HERE ON/ 25 SEPTEMBER 1066
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- 11th Century Wars (1000-1099)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: Undefined
Died: Undefined
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- 11th Century Wars (1000-1099)
- Components
- Stone of remembrance
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Plaques
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Stone of remembrance
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- History
- Additional tablet has been added (?21stC)
- Costs
Site: nil
Comments: Unveiling ceremony expenses £29 12s 4d. One plaque paid for by Royal Norwegian Government
Memorial: £34 14s. 2d- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Reference
- THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO THE BATTLEFIELDS OF BRITAIN by SMURTHWAITE, D 60-61 Source: Image Library
- Battlefields Trust www.battlefieldstrust.com/reource-centre/viking
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