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When King Canute ordered the sea to leave the beach, what beach was he standing on?
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#64408. Asked by borokiwi. (Apr 08 06 12:08 AM)
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oracleofdelphi
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Bosham (acc. to legend)
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SOTHC
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I thought that he was on a beach in the Wash when he ordered back the rising North Sea
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davejacobs
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Southampton, according to other legends.
Canute Road near Southampton Docks commemorates the event (allegedly!).
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davejacobs
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Several Canute sites quote the fact that Henry of Huntingdon first wrote about the event in 1050, but if he said where it took place, none of the sites care to mention it.
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