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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.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a place" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Northamptonshire Ancient County Oxfordshire Ancient County |
| Place names: | DANES MOOR | DANES MOOR OR DUNSMOOR | DUNSMOOR |
| Place: | Danes Moor |
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