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Edgehill

British

/ ˌɛdʒˈhɪl /

noun

a ridge in S Warwickshire: site of the indecisive first battle between Charles I and the Parliamentarians (1642) in the Civil War

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Crews responded to a quickly spreading brush fire on Little Mountain Drive and West Edgehill Road around 2 p.m., according to the San Bernardino County Fire Protection District.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

Officers spotted the car a short time later and followed it to the Edgehill area south of downtown, where it crashed.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

He later studied at Edgehill Theological College in the city and was a lay preacher in County Tyrone before he took up ministerial positions in Ballynahinch and Lisburn.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2023

Drake's orders came just days after police conducted a search warrant at the Edgehill home shortly after 6 a.m.

From Fox News • Aug. 20, 2020

He frequently visited Lord Compton, later Marquis of Northampton, at Compton Wyngates in Warwickshire near the battleground of Edgehill, and at Castle Ashby at Northampton.

From The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers by Merwin, Henry Childs

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