Sedgemoor

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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.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Sedgemoor canonical 14
Sedgemoor district 11
King's Sedgemoor 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf district
historical region
adjacentTo Mendip Hills
Quantock Hills
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
Cheddar Gorge vicinity
linked to: Cheddar Gorge

Somerset Levels and Moors
linked to: Somerset Levels
country England
drainage extensive drainage systems
economicActivity arable farming
dairy farming
tourism
floodRisk prone to flooding
governedBy Sedgemoor District Council
hasProtectedArea Sites of Special Scientific Interest
hasRiver River Brue
River Parrett
hasTown Bridgwater
Burnham-on-Sea
Highbridge
hasTransport Bristol to Taunton railway line
M5 motorway
hasVillage Cheddar
linked to: Cheddar cheese

Chedzoy
North Petherton
Westonzoyland
historicalPeriod Monmouth Rebellion
historicalUse marshland
knownFor Battle of Sedgemoor
agricultural landscape
landUse pasture
wetlands
locatedIn Somerset
South West England
linked to: southwest England
notableFor wetland bird habitats
partOf Somerset Levels
significantEvent Battle of Sedgemoor
terrain low-lying
marshy
timePeriod modern era

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (32)

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

Somerset Levels containsSite Sedgemoor
Somerset Levels containsSite King's Sedgemoor
linked to: Sedgemoor
Somerset Council area replaced Sedgemoor District
linked to: Sedgemoor
Westonzoyland district Sedgemoor
Battle of Sedgemoor location Sedgemoor
subject linked to: Battle of Sedgemore
Burnham-on-Sea partOf Sedgemoor district
linked to: Sedgemoor
River Brue region Sedgemoor district
linked to: Sedgemoor
River Axe (Somerset) region Sedgemoor
subject linked to: River Axe (nearby)
TA postcode area adminRegion Sedgemoor
subject linked to: TA
Mendip district borderedBy Sedgemoor
Langport hasNearbyNatureReserve West Sedgemoor
subject linked to: LANGPORT
linked to: Sedgemoor
All Saints’ Church, Langport region Sedgemoor district
linked to: Sedgemoor
Wedmore locatedIn Sedgemoor district
linked to: Sedgemoor
River Tone flowsThrough West Sedgemoor
linked to: Sedgemoor
Bridgwater locatedIn Sedgemoor district
subject linked to: Bridgewater, Somerset, England
linked to: Sedgemoor
Sedgemoor district contains King's Sedgemoor
subject linked to: Sedgemoor district (former)
linked to: Sedgemoor
Sedgemoor district namedAfter Sedgemoor
subject linked to: Sedgemoor district (former)
Church of St Mary, Westonzoyland locatedIn Sedgemoor district
linked to: Sedgemoor
The Sedgemoor Inn region Sedgemoor district
linked to: Sedgemoor
King's Sedgemoor Drain flowsThrough King's Sedgemoor
linked to: Sedgemoor
King's Sedgemoor Drain regionServed King's Sedgemoor
linked to: Sedgemoor
King's Sedgemoor Drain locatedIn Sedgemoor district
linked to: Sedgemoor
Shapwick shireDistrict Sedgemoor
Avon and Somerset contains Sedgemoor district
linked to: Sedgemoor
Nether Stowey locatedIn Sedgemoor district
linked to: Sedgemoor
Nether Stowey hasCategory Sedgemoor
Combwich partOf Sedgemoor district
linked to: Sedgemoor