BattlefieldsWhitchurch Hampshire Parliamentary Post 1644
English Civil War

Whitchurch Hampshire Parliamentary Post 1644

1644
Hampshire, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
Hampshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Royalist Basing House communications parties
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Parliamentary Hampshire cavalry at Whitchurch
Outcome
Parliamentary post at Whitchurch maintained in 1644; Basing House northern communications monitored; road from London to west Hampshire kept open for Parliament.
The Battle

History & Significance

Whitchurch in north Hampshire was used as a Parliamentary post in 1644 to cover the road from London to Salisbury and the west, and to watch the Royalist garrison at Basing House from the north-west. Parliamentary cavalry at Whitchurch could intercept Royalist communications between Basing and the Royalist army at Oxford along the northern Hampshire lanes.

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