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Tewkesbury and the Bloody Meadow

Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire

A decisive Yorkist victory, and a meadow named for the slaughter.

At Tewkesbury in 1471, Edward IV crushed the Lancastrian army. Many fleeing soldiers were cut down in a field by the river, still called the Bloody Meadow.

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When
4 May 1471
Where
51.9850, -2.1600
Group
Battlefields

Visiting

A battlefield trail leads from the abbey to the Bloody Meadow.

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