Sedgemoor
a plain in SW England, in central Somerset: final defeat of Monmouth 1685.
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His army marched by a circuitous path, near six miles in length, towards the royal encampment on Sedgemoor.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayBut the marsh fog lay so thick on Sedgemoor that no object could be discerned there at the distance of fifty paces.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThese three chiefs of the rebellion had fled together from the field of Sedgemoor, and had reached the coast in safety.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayJohn Wichehalse made himself justly unpopular by the part he played after Sedgemoor.
Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts | Rosalind NorthcoteThe "Note" on the battle-field of Sedgemoor, induces a "Query" concerning another equally celebrated locality.
Notes & Queries 1849.12.22 | Various
British Dictionary definitions for Sedgemoor
/ (ˈsɛdʒˌmʊə) /
a low-lying plain in SW England, in central Somerset: scene of the defeat (1685) of the Duke of Monmouth
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