Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Edgehill

Edgehill, hill-ridge, on S. border of Warwickshire, 3 miles SE. of Kineton; on the northern slope was fought (1642) the battle of Edgehill, the first encounter between Charles I. and the Parliament.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "hill-ridge"   (ADL Feature Type: "ridges")
Administrative units: Warwickshire Ancient County
Place: Edgehill

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