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Tewkesbury

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Tewkes·bur·y  (tksbr, -b-r, -br, tyks-)
A municipal borough of west-central England on the Severn River north-northeast of Gloucester. Edward IV's Yorkist forces defeated the Lancastrians here (1471) in the final battle of the Wars of the Roses. Population: 9,554.
Tewkesbury [ˈtjuːksbərɪ -brɪ]
n
(Placename) a town in W England, in N Gloucestershire at the confluence of the Rivers Severn and Avon: scene of a decisive battle (1471) of the Wars of the Roses in which the Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians; 12th-century abbey. Pop.: 9488 (1991)
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Noun1.TewkesburyTewkesbury - the final battle of the War of the Roses in 1471 in which Edward IV defeated the Lancastrians
battle of Tewkesbury
England - a division of the United Kingdom


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At the Hop Pole at Tewkesbury, they stopped to dine; upon which occasion there was more bottled ale, with some more Madeira, and some port besides; and here the case-bottle was replenished for the fourth time.
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