A memorial enclosure to the Battle of Hedgeley Moor
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A memorial enclosure to the Battle of Hedgeley Moor
Image: © Russel Wills Taken: 17 Dec 2013
The Battle of Hedgeley Moor, 25 April 1464, was a battle of the Wars of the Roses. It was fought at Hedgeley Moor, north of the village of Glanton in Northumberland, between a Yorkist army led by John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu and a Lancastrian army led by the Duke of Somerset. The battle ended in a Yorkist victory.
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