Battle Abbey (Battle)

United Kingdom / England / Battle
 battlefield, monastery, Medieval / Middle Ages, interesting place, historic ruins
Butter Cross, High Street
Battle TN33 0AE, United Kingdom
Phone: +44 370 333 1181
www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/1066-battle-of...

Located in: English Heritage - 1066 Battle of Hastings

Founded in penance for the invasion of England, 1066.
Battle Abbey, actually named St. Martin's Abbey, is a partially ruined abbey complex in the small town of Battle in East Sussex, England.
In 1070 the Pope ordered the Normans to do penance for killing so many people during their conquest of England. So William the Conqueror vowed to build an abbey where the Battle of Hastings had taken place, with the high altar of its church on the very spot where King Harold fell in that battle on Saturday, 14 October 1066.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_Abbey
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Coordinates:   50°54'51"N   0°29'12"E
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