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Sedgemoor
[ sej-moor ]
noun
- a plain in SW England, in central Somerset: final defeat of Monmouth 1685.
Sedgemoor
/ ˈsɛdʒˌmʊə /
noun
- a low-lying plain in SW England, in central Somerset: scene of the defeat (1685) of the Duke of Monmouth
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His army marched by a circuitous path, near six miles in length, towards the royal encampment on Sedgemoor.
But the marsh fog lay so thick on Sedgemoor that no object could be discerned there at the distance of fifty paces.
These three chiefs of the rebellion had fled together from the field of Sedgemoor, and had reached the coast in safety.
John Wichehalse made himself justly unpopular by the part he played after Sedgemoor.
The "Note" on the battle-field of Sedgemoor, induces a "Query" concerning another equally celebrated locality.
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