Before the battle, there was no town. There was a cluster of huts that barely constituted a villiage.
Senlac
The battle of hastings was in a town called battle (which was not named battle until after the battle of hastings) it was in the middle of knowwere and it was about 10km from a town called hastings.
The Battle of Hastings took place in the countryside near a town called Hastings, in East Sussex.
AnswerThe battle was fought on Senlac Hill, in a village called Battle, eight miles north west of the coastal town of Hastings in the south east of England.It could have been called "the Battle of Senlac Hill", or even "the Battle for England," but all historians now use the name "Battle of Hastings."Perhaps it is called the battle of hastings as Williams troops arrived in Pevensey and made their way to Hasting where they awaited Harold and his armyWell, in those times battle was really called Hastings. So they called it the Battle of Hastings. However they soon changed Hastings and called it battle AFTER the battle had happened. But they did not see the point in changing the name, because it was already history.
The battle of hastings was at a town just outside which was ot named until after the batle took place and they called it battle. The battle of hastings was at a town just outside which was ot named until after the batle took place and they called it battle.
The Battle of Hastings occurred on the morning of October 14, 1066.It took place on and around Senlac Hill, which is about 10 kilometres northwest of the village of Hastings which is in East Sussex, England.
Not much different to what it looked like before; although Hastings gives it name to the Battle, it was actually fought at Senlac Hill, 6 miles North-West of Hastings, near the modern-day town of Battle.
The Battle of Hastings took place on the 14th October 1066 AD at Senlac Hill, modern day Battle (A town in Sussex)
The Battle of Hastings in 1066, wasn't fought in Hastings. It was fought eight miles north of Hastings at Senlac Hill on the site of where the town of Battle is now. William the Conqueror, built a large church to celebrate his victory over the Anglo-Saxon army and called it Battle Abbey. A town developed close to the Abbey and was named after the Abbey. For some obscure reason, English people are proud of the fact that they were soundly beaten in the battle, even naming the local medical facility 'Conquest Hospital'.
The battle took place 7 miles (11 km) north of Hastings at the present-day town of Battle - between the two hills Caldbec Hill to the north and Telham Hill to the south.
In a place called Battle, 6 miles inland to the north-west of Hastings.
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