Hereward was a typical tear-away teeanger © Courtesy of Trevor Bevis Awake the Hereward Famed through folklore, immortalised through myth, Hereward the Wake has been depicted as an action-hero of Anglo-Saxon descent. It is believed that he was born around 1032 and spent the best years of his life resisting the mighty force of "William the Bastard" (or "Conqueror" as he is perhaps more formally known!). More... Words: Emma Borley Your comments Print this page Archive Look back into the past using the Legacies' archives. Find nearly 200 tales from around the country in our collection. Read more > The search for Hereward the Wake Hereward and the Isle of Ely The taking of Ely The BBC is not responsible for the content of external Web sites. What is the truth behind the epic legends of Ossian? Odo, Earl of Kent: another Norman "conqueror"? The legend of St Oswald The fate of Richard III's body

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