When Harald Hardrada's Norwegian fleet entered the Humber in September 1066, it first ravaged the Holderness peninsula — the flat, fertile land between the Humber and the North Sea. Local English forces under the earls Edwin and Morcar attempted to slow the Norse advance but were pushed back. This preliminary ravaging was the opening move of the campaign that led to Gate Fulford and then Stamford Bridge. The burning of Holderness communities left a lasting scar on the East Riding even before the great battle.
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