Battle of Blore Heath
| Battle of Blore Heath | |||||||
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| Part of the Wars of the Roses | |||||||
Map of the battle by James Henry Ramsay (1892) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| House of York | House of Lancaster | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Earl of Salisbury Sir Thomas Neville Sir John Neville |
Baron Audley † Baron Dudley | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 5,000 | 10,000 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 1,000 | 2,000 | ||||||
The Battle of Blore Heath took place during the English Wars of the Roses on 23 September 1459, at Blore Heath, Staffordshire. Blore Heath is a sparsely populated area of farmland two miles east of the town of Market Drayton in Shropshire, and close to the village of Loggerheads, Staffordshire.