William the Conqueror's March to London in 1066

I T has been generally agreed that William the Conqueror, on approaching London after the battle of Senlac, made no attempt to cross the Thames, but marched along its right bank and found a crossing at Wallingford nearly fifty miles above the city. A suggestion has recently boon proposed that his movements were governed by military considerations, as ' a long sweep about a hostile city was favourite strategy of William's '} In this essay I am chiefly concerned to show that William crossed the Thames at Kew, and to explain the reasons for his subsequent march to Wallingford

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