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Towton Field

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Towton Field , North Yorkshire, N England, near Tadcaster. It was the scene (1461) of a bloody and decisive battle in which the forces of Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians. See Roses, Wars of the .

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Towton

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Towton N. Yorks. Touetun 1086 (DB). ‘Farmstead or village of a man called Tófi’. OScand. pers. name + tūn.

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