| By 924 the Franks were forced to grant the Danes the districts of Bayeux, Exmes and Sees, and in 933 the Cotenin and Avranchin. |
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| I got out the grave registers and I listed all the men of my regiment who are buried at Bayeux and Caen. |
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| A golden wyvern was featured on the flag of King Harold of Wessex and is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry. |
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| His book The Bayeux Tapestry has just been reprinted by Thames and Hudson. |
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| The Bayeux Tapestry was embroidered by English needlewomen, although it is generally thought to be a rather inferior example of Anglo-Saxon needlework despite it's huge size. |
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| In 1133 he was sent by the King to Bayeux, after the death of Bishop Richard, to enquire as to the fees and services due to the see by its barons, knights and vavasours. |
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| That appearance of Halley's comet was immortalized in the Bayeux tapestry. |
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| By far the most famous work of Norman art is the Bayeux Tapestry, which is not a tapestry but a work of embroidery. |
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| After the conflicts with the Danes, and following the 1088 rebellion against the Normans, Monkchester was all but destroyed by Odo of Bayeux. |
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| The only extant depiction of Edward's abbey, together with the adjacent Palace of Westminster, is in the Bayeux Tapestry. |
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| Henry occupied western Normandy, and advanced east on Bayeux, where Fitzhamon was held. |
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| It met stiff resistance from the British 3rd Division and was soon recalled to assist in the area between Caen and Bayeux. |
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| The Bayeux Tapestry depicts the death of Harold's brothers Gyrth and Leofwine occurring just before the fight around the hillock. |
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| They met stiff resistance from the British 3rd Infantry Division and were soon recalled to assist in the area between Caen and Bayeux. |
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| The Bayeux War Cemetery, with 4,648 burials, is the largest British cemetery of the war. |
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| Bayeux was not captured the first day due to stiff resistance from the 352nd Infantry Division. |
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| A few miles south of the city of Bayeux is one of the smallest cemeteries. |
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| The intent of this charge remains ambiguous, as is the Bayeux Tapestry, which simply depicts Edward pointing at a man thought to represent Harold. |
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| The Saxons of Bayeux comprised a standing army and were often called upon to serve alongside the local levy of their region in Merovingian military campaigns. |
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| Ralph was bottled up in Norwich Castle by the combined efforts of Odo of Bayeux, Geoffrey of Coutances, Richard fitzGilbert, and William de Warenne. |
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| Ralph was bottled up in Norwich Castle by the combined efforts of Odo of Bayeux, Geoffrey de Montbray, Richard fitzGilbert, and William de Warenne. |
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| The church was damaged in 1069 during William the Conqueror's harrying of the North, but the first Norman archbishop, Thomas of Bayeux, arriving in 1070, organised repairs. |
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| The first evidence of medieval coats of arms has been attributed to the 11th century Bayeux Tapestry in which some of the combatants carry shields painted with crosses. |
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| Confectionery of the region includes Rouen apple sugar, Isigny caramels, Bayeux mint chews, Falaise berlingots, Le Havre marzipans, Argentan croquettes, and Rouen macaroons. |
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| The story is told in the Fishguard Tapestry created for the 200th anniversary to emulate the Bayeux Tapestry, and is displayed in the Town Hall Library. |
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| This made the mount definitively part of Normandy, and is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, which commemorates the 1066 Norman conquest of England. |
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| The initial goal was to capture Carentan, Isigny, Bayeux, and Caen. |
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| The Bayeux Tapestry, and other Norman sources, then record that Harold swore an oath on sacred relics to William to support his claim to the English throne. |
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