WHERE THE NORMANS LANDED
Tho claim put forward for Cooden Roach as tho landing-place of William the Conqueror and his Xonuan knights has revealed the curious fact that countless frequenters of tho Sussex const have never yot discovered the oldworld charm of the “ real and original” and only landing-place. It is an ironic comment on the way English history is taught (observes n ‘Daily Chronicle’ writer) that while most of ns can recite, parrot-wise, a dozen battle dates, including a. in IbbG, few sauntcrcrs on the Brighton front fonhl answer offhand as to where the “ Conqueror ” first sot foot on Sussex .-.oil. Tho Baycnx tapestry leaves tho point in no doubt. It records that our William I. “ vonifc ad Pcvonosm.” And Povonsey, now a milo nr so Irom iho sea, is proud of its place in history.
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Evening Star, Issue 17793, 15 October 1921, Page 10
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137WHERE THE NORMANS LANDED Evening Star, Issue 17793, 15 October 1921, Page 10
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