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Tewkesbury in British English
(ˈtjuːksbərɪ, -brɪ)
noun
a town in W England, in N Gloucestershire at the confluence of the Rivers Severn and Avon: scene of a decisive battle (1471) of the Wars of the Roses in which the Yorkists defeated the Lancastrians; 12th-century abbey. Pop: 9978 (2001)
Tewkesbury in American English
(ˈtuksˌbɛri; ˈtjuksˌbɛri; ˈtuksbəri; ˈtjuksbəri)
town in N Gloucestershire, England, on the Severn: site of a battle (1471) in theWars of the Roses, reestablishing Edward IV on the English throne: pop. (1981 census) 9,600
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