The Holderness peninsula on the Yorkshire coast was burned by Norman forces specifically to punish the population for sheltering and supplying the Danish fleet under Sweyn Estrithson. The coastal communities had provided the Danes with provisions and intelligence, and William's reprisal was total. The low-lying peninsula's villages and fishing communities were destroyed, and the area was recorded as substantially waste in Domesday Book.
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