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The post-Norman development of Fulford
Location of the
Anglo-Saxon
settlement of Gate Fulford
The landscape suggests that the earlier settlement of Gate Fulford was abandoned after the Norman Conquest. The pattern that emerges from the 1651 map reveals a classic post-Norman settlement.
There is some conjecture that the Roman route south ran along the line at the rear, to the south-west of the new village.
If this interpretation is correct, there were no buildings to impede the warriors during the battle.