Stamford Bridge, East Riding of Yorkshire

Stamford Bridge is a village on the River Derwent, in the East Riding of Yorkshire, in Great Britain.Thomas Langdale, A Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire (Northallerton: J. Langdale, 1809), p. 196  It is about  east of York and  north of Selby. 

 History 

The village sits on an old river crossing over the Derwent river. The Romans established a fort here about 70 AD. Later a settlement of the same name was here. The Battle of Stamford Bridge was fought here on 25 September 1066.David Clark, Battlefield Walks in Yorkshire (Wilmslow: Sigma Leisure, 2002), p. 10 The battle marked the end of the Viking era in England.

References

Category:Towns in the East Riding of Yorkshire