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As we celebrate our nation’s independence, many may be surprised to learn that a Revolutionary War battle took place in ...
Parliament’s Stamp Act tax of the mid-1760s ignited the Anglo-American conflict. Yet, as historians broadly agree, it was ...
With its rich red Georgian façade, the exquisite Ranger’s House on the edge of Greenwich Park provides the perfect backdrop ...
An eyewitness account has thrown light on an English Civil War battle that took place near The Forbidden Lands in Sussex.
Christopher Bibb, formerly Captain in the Coldstream Guards and a Vice President of the Shropshire Branch of the Coldstream ...
The rise – and loss – of a village called Snap was the most recent talk enjoyed by Hungerford Historical Association.
Speaker Bob Mark, gave a comprehensive talk on why, during the English Civil War, the Navy went over to the Roundhead side. This was despite King Charles I spending a vast amount of money to make the ...
However, it was 220 years earlier that Tockwith’s place in English history was cemented, when the Parliamentarian cavalry under Oliver Cromwell overcame the Royalist Army, led by Prince Rupert.
Young Bulstrode Whitelocke, angry at the looting of his home by royalist troops, fearful for his children, picking his way through the minefield of war-time politics to take his part in Cromwell’s ...
The site is thought to have played an important role in the English Civil War, in which the Columbjohn owners, the Acland family, chose to support King Charles. Excavations turned up lead musket ...
For the past half century, The King's Army, a royalist branch of the English Civil War Society, has commemorated what they call "His Majestie's horrid murder", and on Sunday 26 January 2025, they ...
Civil War fieldworks are also rare: only around 150 survive. A spokesperson for Heritage England said: "This example is of particular significance in aiding our understanding of English military ...