Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for QUEEN'S CAVE

QUEEN'S CAVE, a cave in the S of Northumberland; in Deepden ravine, 2½ miles S of Hexham. It was the hiding-place of Queen Margaret and her son Prince Edward, for several days in 1464, after the battle of Hexham.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a cave"   (ADL Feature Type: "caves")
Administrative units: Northumberland Ancient County
Place: Queens Cave

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