Edgehill

British  

/ ˌɛdʒˈhɪl /

noun

1. a ridge in S Warwickshire: site of the indecisive first battle between Charles I and the Parliamentarians (1642) in the Civil War

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Example Sentences

The Edgehill fire, which was limited to 54 acres, still forced many residents to evacuate and destroyed several homes, according to San Bernardino Fire spokesperson Eric Sherwin.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2024

Officers spotted the car a short time later and followed it to the Edgehill area south of downtown, where it crashed.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 25, 2023

The sites which will be transferred to large Tesco stores are in Chatteris, Immingham, Edgehill, Rubery, Sheffield and Wakefield.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2022

Ann Mandel, an Edgehill resident who helped to organize Mr. Valentine’s visit there, escorted him through a temperature-screening kiosk and into a community room where dozens of seniors in masks sat spaced apart.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2021

After the battle of Edgehill, in October, Charles marched towards London, anxious to possess himself of that citadel of the empire.

From London in Modern Times or, Sketches of the English Metropolis during the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries. by Unknown