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The Norman Conquest: Its Setting and Impact, by Four commerative articles introduced by C. T. Chevallier, published 1966 (Battle & District Historical Society & printed at Eyre & Spottiswoode) accessible at: Battle & District Historical Society

This book is compiled by the Battle and District Historical Society to commemorate the ninth centenary of the Battle of Hastings and contains an Introduction by C. T. Chevallier and four Articles by Authorities:

• 1st on the Anglo-Saxon Achievement by Professor Dorothy Whitelock
• 2nd on Williams's Life and character by Professor David C. Douglas
• 3rd on the campaign of 1066 by Lt.-Col. Charles H. Lemmon;
• 4th on the effects of the Conquest by Professor Frank Barlow.

These are all of great interest and very readable but only the 3rd has any relation to archaeology. This is an account not only of the Battle (which is described in detail with regard to all the other often conflicting accounts) but gives details of the movements before the Battle and William's subsequent campaign through south-east England until the surrender of London. Great attention is paid to the topography and with the aid of clear maps the nature and events of the battle can be followed clearly.

1066 Malfosse Walk, compiled by Neil Clephane-Cameron and Joanne Lawrence, published 1 February 2000 (15 pp., Battle & District Historical Society, ISBN-10: 1903099005 & ISBN-13: 9781903099001) accessible at: Battle & District Historical Society & East Sussex Libraries

The Brave Remembered: Battle Men at War 1914-1918, by George Kiloh, published 25 June 2015 (256 pp., Battle & District Historical Society, ISBN-10: 1903099013 & ISBN-13: 9781903099018) accessible at: Battle & District Historical Society & East Sussex Libraries

Against a compelling account of the progress of the War, the book tells the story of some 500 Battle men who served in the Great War and explains what happened to the individual men. The stories include men from all walks of life, be they the heir to the last Webster baronet of Battle Abbey or a labourer who gave his address as 'in a barn'.

1066 and the Battle of Hastings: Preludes, Events & Postscripts: Essays from the Battlefield, by Keith Foord and Neil Clephane-Cameron, published 30 September 2015 (208 pp., Battle & District Historical Society, ISBN-10: 1903099021 & ISBN-13: 9781903099025) accessible at: Battle & District Historical Society & East Sussex Libraries

Sussex historians Keith Foord and Neil Clephane Cameron analyse afresh the political factors which brought Harold and William to their epic encounter on 14 October 1066. Packed with facts, interpretation and illustration, the work contains many original new maps and diagrams of the medieval Sussex coastline.