You Are Here - Ambion Hill - Nr. Sutton Cheney, Leicestershire
Posted by: SMacB
N 52° 35.863 W 001° 24.525
30U E 607775 N 5828709
A you are here map next to a framed view looking out towards the battle site.
Waymark Code: WMRNKN
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 07/13/2016
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A you are here map next to a framed view looking out towards the battle site. The map is contemporary with the time of the battle, 1485, to give an idea of how the area may have looked at the time.
"The Battle of Bosworth Field (or Battle of Bosworth) was the last significant battle of the Wars of the Roses, the civil war between the Houses of Lancaster and York that raged across England in the latter half of the 15th century. Fought on 22 August 1485, the battle was won by the Lancastrians. Their leader Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, by his victory became the first English monarch of the Tudor dynasty. His opponent, Richard III, the last king of the House of York, was killed in the battle. Historians consider Bosworth Field to mark the end of the Plantagenet dynasty, making it a defining moment of English and Welsh history."
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