town in N Gloucestershire, England, on the Severn: site of a battle (1471) in the Wars of the Roses, reestablishing Edward IV on the English throne: pop. (1981 census) 9,600
See Tewkesbury in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(to͞oksˈbĕrˌē, -bə-rē, -brē, tyo͞oksˈ-)
A municipal borough of west-central England on the Severn River north-northeast of Gloucester. Edward IV's Yorkist forces defeated the Lancastrians here (1471) in the final battle of the Wars of the Roses. Population: 9,554.