All color photos, except those of the Cock Beck in flood, are from Roy and Laura Blanchard's July 1998 visit to Towton. The black and white photos are by Geoffrey Wheeler, and the Cock Beck in flood photos are by Mary Fisher. [See also battle site map]
Panoramic
view of Yorkist line as seen from Lancastrian vantage.
Descent into Cock Beck
View across Cock Beck
View of Lancastrian Lines from Edward IV's command post
Dacre Cross, July 1998
Dacre Cross, date unknown
St. Mary's, Lead
St. Mary's, Lead (Laura Blanchard, Geoffrey Richardson)
St. Mary's, Lead, window
St. Mary's, Lead, window (detail)
St. Mary's, Lead, window (Laura Blanchard/Geoffrey Richardson)
Saxton Church with Lord Dacre's tomb in foreground
Lord Dacre's tomb
The Crooked Billet
Cock Beck, date unknown
Cock Beck in flood, March 1998
Two panoramas of Cock Beck in flood, March 1998
See also Towton Battlefield Society | GENUKI Towton History | The Towton Project, Bradford University | S. J. Lean's Report on his Battlefield Visit
Richard III Society/American Branch
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