The Battle Of Hastings , 1966 For one day England returned to the year 1066 when a realistic portrayal of the historic Battle of Hastings took part on a section of the original battlefield at Battle in Sussex . A cast of between four and five hundred students from Kent ( Saxons ) and Sussex ( Norman ) Universities took part in the 1966 pagent to commemorate the 900th anniversary of the great battle The photi shows ' The Duke of Normandy ' alongside ' Bishop Odo . 17th October 1966