A remarkable relic is coming to the British Museum (Image: Getty) Almost 230 feet of embroidered cloth, stitched on these very shores nearly 1,000 years ago, is due to make its historic return to England this autumn. The loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to the British Museum – one of the most keenly-anticipated exhibitions of all time – is expected to draw around 7.5 million visitors and an appreciable boost to the economy during its nine-month stay. But what’s all the fuss about? Well, 1066 is a date that must have been scrawled across millions of children’s exercise books, etched into the collective memory, alongside 1666 and “divorced, beheaded, died; divorced, beheaded, survived”. But it endures not simply as a memorised date; it marks a profound turning point in our country’s history. This was the moment a new ruling order took hold, unceremoniously casting out the old and bringing in the new, reshaping England’s language and landscape for centuries to come. Even today, the foundations laid by William the Conqueror are still visible. They echo …