Topcliffe, North Yorkshire

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Topcliffe is a village and civil parish in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. The village is situated on the River Swale, close to the A168 and about five miles south-west of Thirsk.

Henry Percy, 4th Earl of Northumberland was killed at Topcliffe in 1489 when he proclaimed a poll tax there on behalf of Henry VII precipitating the Yorkshire Rising.

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