Death of King Harold, Battle of Hastings Commander in Chief Accident in Farringdon Street

Accident in Farringdon Street

6th May 1987

View of the Ship Tavern on the corner of Goodman's Yard and Minories

filming part of the story entitled The Black Orchid

The Bribery Commission

Death of King Harold, Battle of Hastings Commander in Chief Accident in Farringdon StreetDeath of King Harold, Battle of Hastings, 1066 (1864). Harold II (c1022 1066) was nominated as his successor as King of Angles and Saxons by Edward the Confessor. His claim to the throne was disputed by William of Normandy, however, who landed at Pevensey, Sussex with an army on 28 September 1066. William and Harold's armies met in battle on Senlac Hill, 6 miles inland from Hastings, on 14 October, with the Normans winning the day. According to