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My home town is famous for having a copy of the Bayeux Tapestry, which of course depicts another famous battle in our history but I wasn't aware of this battle in the English Civil War not far away in Newbury: https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1904/first-battle-of-newbury/
I'm late to the party, but speaking of the Bayeux Tapestry, modern archeology has never found any convincing evidence of the Battle of Hastings either, despite the battleground being fairly well historically indicated. It's even led to speculation -- generally dismissed by scholars -- that the battle didn't happen near the site of the abbey that was meant to have been constructed on be spot.