<p>Something new for a well trodden tale. I have found this incredible story whilst digging around my local archives. In the midst of his oppressive slaughter and destruction of Northumbria, William hears of slain knights who had crossed paths with a monster in the Church of St John, Beverley.....or so the scared survivors say. This is the tale of how one place gained a reprieve from the massacre that was the harrying of the north.</p>

Something new for a well trodden tale. I have found this incredible story whilst digging around my local archives. In the midst of his oppressive slaughter and destruction of Northumbria, William hears of slain knights who had crossed paths with a monster in the Church of St John, Beverley.....or so the scared survivors say. This is the tale of how one place gained a reprieve from the massacre that was the harrying of the north.

William the Conqueror and the Harrying of the North

Join me for historical tales from the iron age through to the emergence of gunpowder (I lose interest then). 

I research my stories based around a peculiar event or a character that amuses me. What develops from there can often lead to some surprising tales and some interesting perspectives to well known events. 

I have plenty of projects half written, jotted down on the back of a beer mat or stored in the depths of my memory somewhere so keep checking back for more content.

History

Join me for historical tales from the iron age through to the emergence of gunpowder (I lose interest then). I research my stories based around a peculiar event or a character that amuses me. What develops from there can often lead to some surprising tales and some interesting perspectives to well known events. I have plenty of projects half written, jotted down on the back of a beer mat or stored in the depths of my memory somewhere so keep checking back for more content.

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