Place:


Danes Moor  Oxfordshire

 

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Danes Moor like this:

DANES-MOOR, or Dunsmoor, a place on the mutual border of Northampton and Oxford; 5¼ miles NE by N of Banbury. The Yorkists sustained a defeat here in 1469; and Charles I. encamped here before the battle of Edgehill.

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Danes Moor through time

Danes Moor is now part of South Northamptonshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Northamptonshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Danes Moor itself, go to Units and Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Danes Moor, in South Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25290

Date accessed: 25th April 2024


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