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Battle of Hedgeley Moor

Battle of Hedgeley Moor was a battle fought on 25 April 1464 at Hedgeley Moor, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of the Wars of the Roses, which ran from 1455 to 1487. The recorded result: Yorkist victory.

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Plan of the battle of Hedgeley Moor (Battles and Battlefields in England, 1896)
Plan of the battle of Hedgeley Moor (Battles and Battlefields in England, 1896). Charles Raymond Booth Barrett, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought25 April 1464
WhereHedgeley Moor, United Kingdom55.471N, 1.924W
OutcomeYorkist victory
BelligerentsHouse of YorkagainstHouse of Lancaster
Part ofWars of the Roses1455 to 1487

Where it sits in the Wars of the Roses

First Battle of St Albans, 1455Battle of Blore Heath, 1459Battle of Ludford Bridge, 1459Battle of Sandwich (1460), 1459Battle of Northampton, 1460Battle of Worksop, 1460Battle of Wakefield, 1460Battle of Mortimer's Cross, 1461Second Battle of St Albans, 1461Battle of Ferrybridge, 1461Battle of Towton, 1461Battle of Tuthill, 1461Battle of Piltown, 1462Battle of Hedgeley Moor, 1464Battle of Hexham, 1464Battle of Edgcote, 1469Battle of Losecoat Field, 1470Battle of Barnet, 1471Battle of Tewkesbury, 1471Siege of London (1471), 1471Battle of Bosworth Field, 1485Battle of Stoke Field, 148714551487Battle of Hedgeley Moor, 1464
22 placed engagements of the Wars of the Roses in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date25 April 1464
PlaceHedgeley Moor, United Kingdom
55.471N, 1.924W
KindBattle, medieval
Commanders
  • John Neville, 1st Marquess of Montagu
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Elsewhere in 1464

Battle of Hedgeley Moor is one of 720 engagements of the 15th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1748450, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Hedgeley Moor, revision 1370442754, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.