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English: Full caption: "The Map of Sedgemoor, with adjacent Parts." Source: Dugdale, William. The History of Imbanking and Drayning of Divers Fenns and Marshes: Both in Forein Parts, and in this Kingdom, and of the Improvement Thereby, Extracted from Records, Manuscripts, and Other Authentick Testimonies. United Kingdom, Warren, 1772. Second ...
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A memorial stone to the Battle of Sedgemoor, one of the contenders for the last battle on English soil. Below is a chronological list of events that different sources cite as the last battle on British or English soil or a related title: Battle of Sedgemoor, Somerset, England, 6 July 1685.
Sedgemoor is a low-lying area of land in Somerset, England. It lies close to sea level south of the Polden Hills, historically largely marsh (or "moor" in its older sense). [2] The eastern part is known as King's Sedgemoor, and the western part West Sedgemoor. Sedgemoor is part of the area now known as the Somerset Levels and Moors.
The Battle of Sedgemoor was the last and decisive engagement between the Kingdom of England and rebels led by the Duke of Monmouth during the Monmouth rebellion, fought on 6 July 1685, [1] and took place at Westonzoyland near Bridgwater in Somerset, England, resulting in a victory for the English army.
Burial in Anglo-Saxon England refers to the grave and burial customs followed by the Anglo-Saxons between the mid 5th and 11th centuries CE in Early Mediaeval England.The variation of the practice performed by the Anglo-Saxon peoples during this period, [1] included the use of both cremation and inhumation.
Entrance sign for Lodge Hill Cemetery & Crematorium on Weoley Park Road. Lodge Hill Cemetery is a municipal cemetery and crematorium in Selly Oak, Birmingham, England.The cemetery was first opened by King’s Norton Rural District Council in 1895, and during the 1930s became the site of Birmingham's first municipal crematorium.
Sedgemoor shown within Somerset and England. Sedgemoor is a low-lying area of land in Somerset, England.It lies close to sea level south of the Polden Hills, forming a large part of the Somerset Levels and Moors, a wetland area between the Mendips and the Blackdown Hills. [1]