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Battle town, East Sussex, SE England. The town grew up on the site (then a moorland) of the battle of Hastings (1066). The victorious William the Conqueror built Battle Abbey to commemorate the event. The abbey has been converted into a girls' school, but ruins can be seen.

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Battle, England/UK La Batailge ‘(Place of) the Battle’. It is named after the Battle of Hastings between the English and Normans, which took place here, some 10 miles (16 km) north-west of Hastings, in 1066. An abbey was first built here to commemorate the battle. According to tradition, the high altar of the abbey marked the spot where Harold II (c.1020–66), the last Anglo‐Saxon King of England (1066), placed his standards.

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Battle E. Sussex. La Batailge 1086 (DB). ‘(Place of) the battle’. OFrench bataille. The abbey here was founded to commemorate the battle of Hastings in 1066.

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