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Explore the tapestry
 Recording the events of September 1066
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Find out about the battle of Fulford

Home
Landing
Rampage
Riccall base
Confrontation
Outflanking
Entering York

 

The battle of Fulford website

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Panel 1 - Scarborough

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  Panel 2 - Rampage through Holderness

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  Panel 3 - Preparing for battle

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Panel 4 -Confrontation

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Panel 5 - Outflanking at the ford  

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Panel 6 - King Harald enters York

Visiting Fulford

Map York

The embroidery was completed in the summer of 2012

So for the first time we can put images of the tapestry on display.

The tapestry has been split into sections or panels partly to make it easier to display on the web but also there are story 'themes' for each section with the top and bottom margins supporting or expanding the narrative.

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To view the panels, and explore the events that each panel describes, click on the link. The design stages links to the original sketch and a coloured version of the tapestry. These were used to

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Panel 1 - Scarborough
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Design stages

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The story

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  Panel 2 - Rampage through Holderness
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Design stages

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The story

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Panel 3 - Preparing for battle
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Design stages

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The story

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Panel 4 -Confrontation
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Design stages

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The story

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Panel 5 - Outflanking at the ford  
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Design stages

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The story

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Panel 6 - King Harald enters York
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Design stages

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The story

 

Read about the battle that inspired the tapestry

Panel 1 from the coloured design

The author of the content is Charles Jones - fulfordthing@gmail.com

Supported with lottery funding from:

 

launched May 2012

last updated Dec 2012

Panel 6 from the original sketch

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