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Boroughbridge War Memorial - Photo:
Alison Stamp
CCL |
With a 250ft well in the
market place, this small town close to the
city of York has an appropriately murky past.
It was here in 1322 that the two rebel earls
of Lancaster and Hereford were soundly
defeated at the Battle of Boroughbridge by
Edward II. Hereford was killed while Lancaster
was later executed. Large prehistoric stones
known as the Devil’s Arrows can be seen in the
area. |
