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Medieval

Action at Burford

1469
Oxfordshire, England
Also known as: Burford 1469 · Oxfordshire rising 1469
Era
Medieval
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Oxfordshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
rebels
Forces
rebels c.100–300.
VS
Victor
Yorkists
Forces
Yorkists c.200–500
Outcome
Local rising suppressed before it could link with Warwick
The Battle

History & Significance

Minor risings in the Cotswolds in 1469 were suppressed by local Yorkist authorities, reflecting the widespread instability of that year.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Action at Burford

Medieval settlement of Widford immediately east of Manor Farm
Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles
Pain's Farm bowl barrow 30m south of Pain's Farm Cottages
Scheduled monument · ~2 miles
Romano-British villa south east of Great Barrington
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 miles
Asthall Barrow: an Anglo-Saxon burial mound 100m SSW of Barrow Farm
Scheduled monument · ~2.5 miles
Pair of confluent bowl barrows 200m SSW of Bockett's Corner on Leigh Hale Plain
Scheduled monument · ~2.5 miles
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