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1306:"New Theory on Civil War's 'Forgotten Battle'"
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1329:"The Battle of Adwalton Moor 1643 (1000000)"
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1304:Ginley, Joanne (7 September 2003).
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1054:Battle of Marston Moor
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793:3rd Taunton
783:2nd Taunton
749:2nd Newbury
739:1st Taunton
734:1st Chester
714:Lostwithiel
634:Boldon Hill
575:Heptonstall
555:1st Newbury
530:1st Bristol
194:300 wounded
180:1,500 horse
175:3,000 horse
103: /
1517:Categories
1488:28 October
1471:28 October
1447:28 October
1409:28 October
1391:28 October
1244:References
1082:green belt
966:Background
922:Lagganmore
912:3rd Oxford
902:Torrington
868:Annan Moor
798:2nd Oxford
763:Inverlochy
719:Tippermuir
669:1st Oxford
654:Lyme Regis
540:Gloucester
416:Chichester
401:1st Exeter
341:Portsmouth
197:500 killed
192:200 killed
88:53°45′04″N
62:1643-06-30
1129:Citations
1086:A650 road
1039:Aftermath
981:Wakefield
803:Leicester
619:Newcastle
520:Lansdowne
490:Wakefield
460:Lichfield
455:Camp Hill
396:Tadcaster
376:Brentford
371:Aylesbury
134:Royalists
91:1°39′50″W
79:Yorkshire
1360:4 August
1123:Kirklees
1008:Bradford
944:Adwalton
828:Hereford
823:Langport
788:Auldearn
773:Weymouth
744:Carlisle
709:Ormskirk
689:Oswestry
644:Cheriton
614:Nantwich
545:2nd Hull
485:Stratton
366:Edgehill
346:Plymouth
331:1st Hull
236:Bradford
222:Adwalton
168:Strength
75:Adwalton
70:Location
833:Kilsyth
664:Lincoln
595:Arundel
560:Winceby
470:Reading
60: (
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1018:Battle
996:Batley
979:, and
883:Newark
813:Alford
808:Naseby
674:Bolton
629:Newark
264:Batley
116:Result
1289:(PDF)
1278:(PDF)
1255:(PDF)
1074:Leeds
994:, in
973:Leeds
649:Selby
585:Alton
435:Leeds
250:Leeds
1490:2013
1473:2013
1449:2013
1425:ISBN
1411:2013
1393:2013
1362:2020
1342:2017
1317:2017
1297:2017
1267:2017
1046:Hull
938:The
890:1646
756:1645
659:York
607:1644
423:1643
325:1642
52:Date
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