Sedgemoor, district in central Somersetshire, 5 m. SE. of Bridgwater, scene of a famous battle between the troops of James II. and those of the Duke of Monmouth on July 6, 1685, in which the latter were completely routed.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Sedan * Sedgwick, Adam