Towton

Towton

Towton (spr. Taut'n), Dorf im West-Riding der englischen Grafschaft York, unweit der Großen Nordbahn (London-York). Hier schlug 1461 Eduard IV. die Anhänger Heinrichs VI. unter dem Herzog von Somerset.


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