Northamptonshire Battlefields Society has been received the “Hindsight” Best Publication Award at the Annual Northamptonshire Heritage Forum Awards. The event, which took place on the 4th July at Holdenby House, was hosted by the owner of Holdenby, James Lowther, Deputy Lord Lieutenant. Also present were Earl Spencer, the Forum’s Patron, David Laing, the Lord Lieutenant of the County, and Chris Heaton-Harris, MP for Daventry.
The Award was given for Graham Evans’ book “The Battle of Edgcote 1469 – Re-evaluating the Evidence”, published to commemorate the 550th Anniversary of the Campaign and Battle. The judges were impressed by the quality of the research and the work done with Aberystwyth University to make the Medieval Welsh Poetry about this battle in Northamptonshire available to a wider audience.
Graham took the opportunity in accepting the award to draw the attention of those present, particularly Chis Heaton-Harris, to the lack of statutory battlefield protection.
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