Marston Moor

American  

noun

1. a former moor in NE England, west of York: Cromwell's victory over the Royalists 1644.

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Marston Moor British  

noun

1. a flat low-lying area in NE England, west of York: scene of a battle (1644) in which the Parliamentarians defeated the Royalists

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Example Sentences

Tate Rokeby is set in Yorkshire during the English civil war, in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Marston Moor.

From The Guardian • Jan. 25, 2013

Eyre, according to Thompson, was born in Blakewell in 1604, died 40 years later as a result of wounds suffered at the battle of Marston Moor.

From Time Magazine Archive

With Oliver Cromwell as his second in command, Edward Montagu, second Earl of Manchester, won the Battle of Marston Moor in 1644.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the scar remained; all his life long he carried the King's letter on his person, and all his life long Marston Moor was a bitter memory to him!

From Rupert Prince Palatine by Scott, Eva

In 1817 The Battle of Marston Moor secured his election as an Associate of the Academy: he became a R.A. in 1820.

From English Painters with a chapter on American painters by Koehler, S. R.