<P> The Battle of Fulford took place at Fulford near York, on 20 September 1066, when an invading Norwegian force led by King Harald Hardrada of Norway and Tostig Godwinson, his English ally, fought and defeated the Northern Earls Edwin and Morcar . When King Harold II of England heard of this defeat he marched his English army from the south coast of England to meet the Norwegians at Stamford Bridge . </P> <P> The Battle of Stamford Bridge took place near the village of Stamford, East Riding of Yorkshire in England on 25 September 1066 . The Norwegian invasion was repelled but before the English Army had fully recovered, the Normans--under the leadership of Duke William II of Normandy (William the Conqueror)--invaded Anglo - Saxon England . William defeated Harold II of England's army at the Battle of Hastings . </P> <P> Archaeologists James Graham - Campbell and Colleen E. Batey noted that there was a lack of historical sources discussing the earliest Viking encounters with the British Isles, which would have most probably been amongst the northern island groups, those closest to Scandinavia . </P> <P> The Irish Annals provide us with accounts of much Norse activity during the 9th and 10th centuries . </P>

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