Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Sedgemoor

Sedgemoor, marshy tract, in the centre of Somerset, 5 miles SE. of Bridgwater; was the scene (1685) of a battle between the troops of James II and the followers of Monmouth.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "marsh"   (ADL Feature Type: "wetlands")
Administrative units: Somerset AncC
Place: Sedgemoor

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