Salcey Green Explained

Salcey Green is an area of farm and wood land within the parish of Hanslope in the Borough of Milton Keynes, England.[1] 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.[1] [2]

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52.1342°N -0.8216°W

Notes and References

  1. http://met.open.ac.uk/genuki/big/eng/BKM/Hanslope/Index.html Hanslope Parish History
  2. http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/hdhs/fight.html The Fight at Salcey Green