Margaret Road, Tewkesbury

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Margaret Road, Tewkesbury

Image: © Des Blenkinsopp Taken: 24 Aug 2019

That would be Margaret of Anjou, Queen of England, one of the Royals behind the decades of conflict known as the Wars of the Roses. She was present at The Battle of Tewkesbury which was fought over this area in 1471. Margaret was captured and her son the Prince of Wales, was killed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Anjou

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Image Location

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Latitude
51.985366
Longitude
-2.154159