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BLOORE-WITH-TYRLEY and HALES, a township in Drayton-Tyrley parish, Stafford; near the Birmingham and Liverpool Junction canal, 3 miles E of MarketDrayton. Pop. in 1841, 561. Houses, 103. An action was fought on Bloore Heath, in 1459, between the Lancastrians and the Yorkists; and is commemorated on the spot by a cross.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Staffordshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Blore |
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