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2022 May June Vol 67 No.3

2022 May June Vol 67 No.3

The bridleway ends at Moor Lane (GR SE455665), just beyond Haddock's Farm, where a left turn brings us to the cul-de-sac village of Myton-on-Swale. In all probability this would have been the lane tram- ped in 1319 by the army raised by the Archbishop of York, an army comprising monks, clerics and choristers, to fight Robert the Bruce's men. The battle took place on a triangle of land where the Swale meets the Ure. The Archbishop's army was an unlikely collection of warriors; stabbing, gouging and screaming blue murder just wasn't their style. Never in the same league as the Scots, the clerics were slaughtered where they stood

Category: 2022
Created Date: 11-11-2022
Last Updated Date: 11-12-2022
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