Memorial

Sisters of Normandy 1066 - 1903

Stone

Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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Current Location

North of the abbey church location, Battle Abbey, High Street, Battle, Rother, East Sussex, TN33 0AD, England

TQ 74979 15752

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Type of Memorial: Stone of remembrance
WMR Reference Number: 84405
Description: A vertical marble tablet set into concrete. The concrete is shaped as a gable with pinnacle above the tablet. There is a narrow tower with small inset tiles each side of the tablet.
Inscription: Diex Aie! // Dans le champ historique / de Senlac, ou tomba le brave Harold le / Saxon, 837 ans apres la bataille qui donna / a la Grande Bretagne la Loi Normande. // Le Souvenir Normand venu des bords / de la Seine a proclame avec joie la Paix / des Nomandies Soeurs. // 1066 – 1903 // (Names) // 20 Aout 1903 // Translated as - God be with us, In the historic field of Senlac, where brave Harold the Saxon fell, 837 years after the battle that gave Britain the Norman Law. The Norman remembrance, came from the Banks of the Seine to proclaim with joy the peace of the Sisters of Normandy. 1066 - 1903

Stone of remembrance

Height: c1,000mm

Width: c600mm

Depth: c200mm

Made from: Concrete

Condition: Poor

Tablet

Height: c400mm

Width: c300mm

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good