A man who lived to 50 to 60 years had survived childhood illness, adult injury, and the general conditions of eleventh century life.

He was, in that sense, a survivor.

The Norman Conquest In Local Terms

The Norman Conquest is often discussed at the level of kings and battles, of Hastings and the Domesday Book, of William’s redistribution of land and the replacement of English lords with Norman ones.

But the conquest also played out at the level of local communities, individual churches, small towns on major rivers.

Barton-upon-Humber was not at the center of the conquest’s drama.