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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Marston Moor

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

At Marston Moor he commanded the Royalist left, and charged with great success, but, allowing his troopers to disperse in search of plunder, was routed by Cromwell at the close of the battle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 3 "Gordon, Lord George" to "Grasses" by Various

On the west lies Marston Moor, and farther to the south-west the field of Towton.

From A Month in Yorkshire by Walter White