Salcey Green is an area of farm and wood land within the parish of Hanslope in the Borough of Milton Keynes, England. In 1830 it was the scene of an infamous bare-knuckle fight between boxers Simon Byrne and Alexander McKay that resulted in McKay's death.
References
- ^ Hanslope Parish History Archived 2006-02-20 at the Wayback Machine
- The Fight at Salcey Green
52°08′03″N 0°49′18″W / 52.1342°N 0.8216°W / 52.1342; -0.8216
This Buckinghamshire location article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |