Walk Towton 1461: A Visitor Guide to Battle-Related Sites

SCHEDULED FOR LAUNCH ON PALM SUNDAY, APRIL 1ST 2012

Walk Towton 1461 by Helen Cox & Alan Stringer, Herstory Writing & Interpretation/York Publishing Services
Paperback, 70 pages, 6 maps, 20 black & white plates
£7.50
ISBN 978-0-9565768-2-8

A follow-up to Walk Wakefield 1460, this illustrated visitors' guidebook traces the winter campaign of Edward, Earl of March, from its beginning at the Battle of Mortimer's Cross in February 1461 to its bloody climax at Towton on Palm Sunday, March 29th. Walk Towton features a brief history of each engagement supplemented with full descriptions, maps, photographs and visitor information for all the related sites including:

Wigmore Castle & Mortimer's Cross
St Albans
Ferrybridge & Dintingdale
Crooked Billet & St Mary's Chapel, Lead
Towton Battlefield Trail
Dacre's Cross & Bloody Meadow
All Saint's Church, Dacre's tomb & Towton monument, Saxton

Walk Towton 1461 will be available from York Publishing Services
and selected retail outlets from 1st April 2012 - order from www.YPD-books.com.

Roger Keech's fabulous moody shot of Towton battlefield under snow will be gracing the front cover of Walk Towton 1461