Edgehill

Edgehill

Edgehill (spr. Edschhill), Gebirg an den Grenzen der Grafschaften Oxford u. Warkwick; am E., im Thal des Rothen Pferdes, den 23. Oct. 1642 Sieg der Parlamentstruppen unter Graf Essex über die Truppen König Karls I. unter dem Lord Lindsay.


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