The imposing but graceful mass of the 14C Gatehouse , battlemented and richly decorated, dominates the humble buildings on the market place. Most of the great Benedictine abbey was destroyed with the Dissolution of the Monasteries although its outli..

From the terrace walk , there is a commanding view of the vast site where the most decisive of English battles was fought. It was on this ridge that Harold deployed his men after their exhausting forced march from York. On the far side of the swam..