Difference between revisions of "Tewkesbury"
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<p> A market-town of Gloucestershire, at the confluence of the Avon and [[Severn]] (here spanned by one of Telford's bridges), 10 m. NE. of Gloucester; possesses one of the finest of old English churches in the Norman style; trades chiefly in agricultural produce; half a mile distant is the field of the battle of [[Tewkesbury]] (May 4,1471), where the Yorkists under [[Edward]] IV. crushed the Lancastrians. </p> | <p> A market-town of Gloucestershire, at the confluence of the Avon and [[Severn]] (here spanned by one of Telford's bridges), 10 m. NE. of Gloucester; possesses one of the finest of old English churches in the Norman style; trades chiefly in agricultural produce; half a mile distant is the field of the battle of [[Tewkesbury]] (May 4,1471), where the Yorkists under [[Edward]] IV. crushed the Lancastrians. </p> | ||
Latest revision as of 18:05, 15 October 2021
Tewkesbury [1]
A market-town of Gloucestershire, at the confluence of the Avon and Severn (here spanned by one of Telford's bridges), 10 m. NE. of Gloucester; possesses one of the finest of old English churches in the Norman style; trades chiefly in agricultural produce; half a mile distant is the field of the battle of Tewkesbury (May 4,1471), where the Yorkists under Edward IV. crushed the Lancastrians.
