- Sedgemoor
- geographical name tract of moorland SW England in central Somerset
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Sedgemoor
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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 — (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… … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
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 — 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
