Sedgemoor (spr. ßéddsch-mūr), Marschebene in Somersetshire (England), 8 km südöstlich von Bridgewater. Hier wurden die Truppen des Herzogs von Monmouth 6. Juli 1685 von der Armee Jakobs II. unter Lord Feversham geschlagen. Die Schlacht bei S. ist die letzte, die auf englischem Boden ausgefochten ist.
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Sedgemoor — District Lage in Somerset Status District Region South West England Verw.grafschaft Somerset … Deutsch Wikipedia
Sedgemoor — Distrito del Reino Unido Ubicación en el condado de Somerset … Wikipedia Español
Sedgemoor — Statut District non métropolitain Géographie Pays … Wikipédia en Français
Sedgemoor — Infobox Settlement name = Sedgemoor official name = other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = Non metropolitan district total type = motto = imagesize = image caption = flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size =… … Wikipedia
Sedgemoor — /sej moor /, n. a plain in SW England, in central Somerset: final defeat of Monmouth 1685. * * * ▪ district, England, United Kingdom district, administrative and historic county of Somerset, southwest England, in the north central part of… … Universalium
Sedgemoor services — is a motorway service station on the M5 motorway near the village of Rooks Bridge in Somerset, England. The location of the services can be identified from a long distance because of their immediate proximity to Brent Knoll, a hill which stands… … Wikipedia
Sedgemoor Coast FM — was a trial radio station which broadcast to Bridgwater, Somerset, England in 1998 and 1999.The station had rivals also running trials, BCR FM and Riverside Radio.Sedgemoor Coast was regarded by many as a very professional station using the very… … Wikipedia
Sedgemoor, Battle of — ▪ English history (July 16 [July 6, Old Style], 1685), in English history, battle fought about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Bridgwater, Somerset, Eng. It was a massacre of the mainly untrained smallholders and cloth workers who had rallied… … Universalium
Sedgemoor — geographical name tract of moorland SW England in central Somerset … New Collegiate Dictionary
SEDGEMOOR — district in central Somersetshire, 5 m. SE. of Bridgwater, scene of a famous battle between the troops of James II. and those of the Duke of Monmouth on July 6, 1685, in which the latter were completely routed … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
