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Battle (East Sussex)

Battle

Battle, town, East Sussex, SE England. The town grew up on the site (then a moorland) of the battle of Hastings (1066). The victorious William the Conqueror built Battle Abbey. to commemorate the event. The abbey has been converted into a girls' school, but ruins can be seen.

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