page_title: Battle of Blore Heath
section_title: Commemorations
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Blore Heath / Commemorations
caption_attribution_description: English: Battle of Blore Heath Re-enactment of the Battle of Blore Heath 2007.
context_page_description: The Battle of Blore Heath was a battle in the English Wars of the Roses. It was fought on 23 September 1459, at Blore Heath in 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 towns of Market Drayton and Loggerheads, Staffordshire.
context_section_description: Audley's Cross was erected at Blore Heath after the battle to mark the spot where Audley was slain. It was replaced with a stone cross in 1765. 
  The battle was commemorated by a re-enactment each year in September at Blore Heath until 2009.
caption: Re-enactors of the Battle in 2007
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