BattlefieldsHarrying of the North -- Holderness
Medieval

Harrying of the North -- Holderness

1070
Yorkshire, England
Also known as: Burning of Holderness 1070 · Norman devastation Holderness
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Yorkshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Holderness settlements
Forces
Holderness settlements; punishment for Danish collaboration.
VS
Victor
William I
Forces
Norman forces c. 1,000-2,500
Outcome
Coastal peninsula burned; fishing and farming communities destroyed
The Battle

History & Significance

The Holderness peninsula, where the Danish fleet had sheltered, was systematically burned to punish collaboration with the invasion and to deny any future Danish landing a friendly shore.

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