Sedgemoor

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district historical region

Sedgemoor is a low-lying, historically marshy district in Somerset, England, known for its agricultural landscape and as the site of the 1685 Battle of Sedgemoor.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Sedgemoor canonical 6
Sedgemoor district 2
King's Sedgemoor 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf district ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
adjacentTo Mendip Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ
Quantock Hills NERFINISHED ⓘ
battleDate 1685 ⓘ
battleInvolved forces of James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth ⓘ
royalist forces of King James II ⓘ
battleOutcome royalist victory ⓘ
battleType last pitched battle on English soil ⓘ
climate temperate maritime ⓘ
containsFeature Bridgwater Bay NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cheddar Gorge vicinity NERFINISHED ⓘ
Somerset Levels and Moors NERFINISHED ⓘ
country England ⓘ
drainage extensive drainage systems ⓘ
economicActivity arable farming ⓘ
dairy farming ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
floodRisk prone to flooding ⓘ
governedBy Sedgemoor District Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasProtectedArea Sites of Special Scientific Interest ⓘ
hasRiver River Brue NERFINISHED ⓘ
River Parrett NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTown Bridgwater NERFINISHED ⓘ
Burnham-on-Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ
Highbridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasTransport Bristol to Taunton railway line NERFINISHED ⓘ
M5 motorway NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasVillage Cheddar NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chedzoy NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Petherton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Westonzoyland NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod Monmouth Rebellion NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalUse marshland ⓘ
knownFor Battle of Sedgemoor NERFINISHED ⓘ
agricultural landscape ⓘ
landUse pasture ⓘ
wetlands ⓘ
locatedIn Somerset ⓘ
southwest England ⓘ
surface form: South West England
notableFor wetland bird habitats ⓘ
partOf Somerset Levels NERFINISHED ⓘ
significantEvent Battle of Sedgemoor NERFINISHED ⓘ
terrain low-lying ⓘ
marshy ⓘ
timePeriod modern era ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Somerset Levels → containsSite → Sedgemoor ⓘ
Somerset Levels → containsSite → Sedgemoor ⓘ
this entity surface form: King's Sedgemoor
Somerset Council area → replaced → Sedgemoor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sedgemoor District
Westonzoyland → district → Sedgemoor ⓘ
Battle of Sedgemore → location → Sedgemoor ⓘ
subject surface form: Battle of Sedgemoor
Burnham-on-Sea → partOf → Sedgemoor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sedgemoor district
Burnham-on-Sea → localGovernmentDistrict → Sedgemoor ⓘ
River Brue → region → Sedgemoor ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sedgemoor district
Highbridge and Burnham → locatedIn → Sedgemoor ⓘ
River Axe (nearby) → region → Sedgemoor ⓘ
subject surface form: River Axe (Somerset)