Edgehill

Edgehill

Edgehill (spr. éddsch-hill), Bergrücken in der engl. Grafschaft Warwickshire, wo 23. Okt. 1642 die erste Schlacht in dem Kriege zwischen den Parlamentstruppen und König Karl I. von England gefochten wurde.


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