Battle of Ferrybridge

The Battle of Ferrybridge, 28 March 1461, was a preliminary engagement between the houses of York and Lancaster before the larger battle of Towton, during the period now known as the Wars of the Roses.

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1461 Battle of Ferrybridge

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633 Battle of Hatfield Chase

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655 Battle of the Winwaed

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1066 Battle of Fulford

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1321 Siege of Leeds

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1408 Battle of Bramham Moor

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1460 Battle of Wakefield

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1461 Battle of Towton

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1536 Pilgrimage of Grace

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1642 Battle of Tadcaster

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1643 Battle of Leeds

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1643 Battle of Seacroft Moor

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1643 Capture of Wakefield

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1643 Battle of Adwalton Moor

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1644 Battle of Selby

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1644 Siege of York

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1644 Battle of Marston Moor

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Frameless

• Killing Time: Challenging the Common Perceptions of Three Medieval Conflicts—Ferrybridge, Dintingdale and Towton—'The Largest Battle on British Soil' - scholarly article by Tim Sutherland published June 2009 in Journal of Conflict Archaeology

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	500	Elmet		Wikidata
event	armed conflict		Battle of Sherburn in Elmet	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	633	Battle of Hatfield Chase	Anglo-Saxons, battle, Welsh people	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	655	Battle of the Winwaed	battle, Oswiu of Northumbria, Penda of Mercia	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1066	Battle of Fulford	battle, Kingdom of England, Norwegian Jarldom of Orkney, Kingdom of Norway	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1321	Siege of Leeds	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1408	Battle of Bramham Moor	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1460	Battle of Wakefield	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1461	Battle of Towton	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1461	Battle of Ferrybridge	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1536	Pilgrimage of Grace	rebellion	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1642	Battle of Tadcaster	battle, Cavalier, Roundhead	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1643	Battle of Leeds	Cavalier, Roundhead, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1643	Battle of Seacroft Moor	Cavalier, Roundhead, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1643	Capture of Wakefield	battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1643	Battle of Adwalton Moor	battle, Roundhead, Cavalier	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1644	Battle of Selby	Cavalier, Roundhead, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1644	Siege of York	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1644	Battle of Marston Moor	Roundhead, Covenanters, Cavalier, battle	Wikidata
organisation	factory	1901	Goole Shipbuilding and Repairing Company	shipyard, shipbuilding	Wikidata
organisation	shipbuilding company	1884	Cochrane Shipbuilders	shipbuilding company	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 330m south east of Lowfield Farm	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	bunker		Birkenshaw Anti-Aircraft Operations Room	Royal Air Force, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Conisbrough Anti-Aircraft Operations Room	Royal Air Force, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Doncaster Borough Control	civil defense center	Wikidata
site	bunker		Leeds Regional War Room	bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		York Cold War Bunker	Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, military museum, English Heritage, bunker	Wikidata
site	castle		Harewood Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Sandal Castle	motte-and-bailey castle, castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Wakefield Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1100	Conisbrough Castle	archaeological site, historic house museum, English Heritage, castle	Wikidata
site	castle	1400	Spofforth Castle	English Heritage, castle	Wikidata
site	museum		York Army Museum	independent museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1885	Tower Street drill hall	drill hall, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1990	The Kohima Museum	independent museum, military museum, museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1996	Royal Armouries Leeds	national museum, military museum	Wikidata
site	museum	1998	The Second World War Experience Centre	military museum	Wikidata
site	tower	1245	Clifford's Tower	English Heritage, keep	Wikidata