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Tewkesbury

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Noun

1. battle of tewkesbury, tewkesbury

the final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians

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Tewkesbury

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noun
a town in W England, in N Gloucestershire at the confluence of the Rivers Severn and Avon: scene of a decisive battle (1471) of the Wars of the Roses in which the Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians; 12th-century abbey. Pop: 9978 (2001)

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Tewkesbury

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town in N Gloucestershire, England, on the Severn: site of a battle (1471) in the Wars of the Roses, reestablishing Edward IV on the English throne: pop. (1981 census) 9,600

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Tewkesbury

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A borough of west-central England on the Severn River north-northeast of Gloucester. Yorkist forces defeated the Lancastrians here (1471) in a major battle of the Wars of the Roses.

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