... as a haven for anglers. The bend in the river led to the Battle of Evesham in 1265, when Simon de Montfort found himself trapped in the bend with his troops. He was killed in the bloody battle that followed, and even today, tourists can see the Montfort ...

... river in 45 AD. Here the Anglo-Saxons founded a settlement around 500 AD. Proud Simon de Montfort met his death at the Battle of Evesham not half a dozen miles away, and it is indeed from the Lion Rampant of de Montfort's shield that The White Lion takes ...