Evesham

[ eev-shuhm, ee-shuhm, ee-suhm ]

noun

1. a town in Hereford and Worcester county, in W England: battle 1265.

Evesham

/ ˈiːvʃəm /

noun

1. a town in W central England, in W Worcestershire, on the River Avon: scene of the Battle of Evesham in 1265 (Lord Edward's defeat of Simon de Montfort and the barons); centre of the Vale of Evesham , famous for market gardens and orchards. Pop: 22 179 (2001)

Example Sentences

"Mr. G.," he murmurs, "would not have done that," and laments a vanished subtlety even while Mr. Evesham is speaking.

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I succumbed to Evesham and that dream of the right thing triumphant through expression.

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Evesham stands on the north bank of the Avon, at the bottom of a loop some two miles deep and one wide.

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Do you expect to find the ghost of Gamaliel Ratsey walking on the Evesham road?

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Even if Evesham did force the world back to war, what was that to me?

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