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'''Hastings''' is a fishing port and resort town on the [[English Channel]], in [[Sussex]], south-east [[England]]. [[William the Conqueror]] landed his army at Pevensey, near Hastings, in 1066, and the decisive battle which took place at the village of Senlac (now called [[Battle]]), in which he vanquished the English army and killed the English King, [[Harold Godwinson|Harold II]], is known to history as the [[Battle of Hastings]]. A [[Norman]] castle was built at Hastings; its ruins dominate the skyline of the town. In the nineteenth century a fashionable extension of the town to the west, known as St Leonards, was designed by the architect John Nash.
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'''Hastings''' is a fishing port and resort town on the [[English Channel]], in [[Sussex]], south-east [[England]]. [[William the Conqueror]] landed his army at Pevensey, near Hastings, in 1066, and the decisive battle which took place at the village of Senlac (now called [[Battle]]), in which he vanquished the English army and killed the English King, [[Harold Godwinson|Harold II]], is known to history as the [[Battle of Hastings]]. A [[Norman]] castle was built at Hastings; its ruins dominate the skyline of the town. In the nineteenth century a fashionable extension of the town to the west, known as St Leonards, was designed by the architect John Nash. Hastings was one of the original [[Cinque Ports]] (with [[Sandwich]], [[Hythe]], [[Romney]], and [[Dover]].
    
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[[Category:United Kingdom Cities and Towns]]
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