Marston Moor

noun

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

Marston Moor

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

Example Sentences

Marston Moor, where the adherents of Charles I. were defeated.

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Marston Moor was however much more than the decisive event in a conflict between two contending parties.

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Marston Moor is rightly regarded as the turning-point of the civil war.

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And there, after the battle of Marston Moor, waved the banners of the loyalists against the soldiers of Lilburne.

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On the other hand he helped to lose the battle of Marston Moor by charging without orders.

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