Battle of Ferrybridge
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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.
1461
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1461 Battle of Ferrybridge
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- 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 |