redmoor

Updated: May 10, 2025

Not far from Leicester was fought the last great battle of the "Wars of the Roses," Bosworth Field, upon Redmoor Plain, about two miles from the village now known as Market Bosworth. It was a moor at the time of the battle in 1485, overgrown with thistles and scutch-grass.

Joel Cook - England, Picturesque and Descriptive: A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel