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Riccall base
 Recording the events of September 1066
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Find out about the battle of Fulford

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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

Fulford Tapestry panel 3

The story

There is a lot happening in this central panel with the Norse fleet establishing its administrative base at Riccall, watched over by Freya, while Earl Morcar rallies the people to prepare for battle. Note the Mercian fleet blocking the river Warfe at Tadcaster

Design stages

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Panel 1 - Scarborough

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Design stages

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The story

  Panel 2 - Rampage through Holderness

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Design stages

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The story

 

Panel 4 -Confrontation

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The story

Panel 5 - Outflanking at the ford  

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The story

Panel 6 - King Harald enters York

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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

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launched May 2012

last updated Dec 2012

Panel 6 from the original sketch

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