Historical place archive

Holderness in History

Browse historical events and people recorded at Holderness in England. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.

1 records1 event labels1 people1070–1070

Historical events in Holderness

1070

January 1070
Invasion of England
Edgar the Atheling · Norman Invasion Wars

Early in 1070 William moves against Edgar and other English leaders who had taken refuge with their remaining followers in a marshy region, perhaps Holderness, and put them to flight

Provenance

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