BattlefieldsChipping Norton Parliamentary Cavalry Post 1645
English Civil War

Chipping Norton Parliamentary Cavalry Post 1645

1645
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Royalist couriers and supply convoys
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Parliamentary cavalry forces
Outcome
Parliamentary cavalry post at Chipping Norton established 1645; Royalist communications between Oxford and the north-west disrupted.
The Battle

History & Significance

Chipping Norton in the northern Cotswolds was used by Parliamentary cavalry as a post in 1645 during operations to cut off Oxford from the Royalist north and west. Parliamentary cavalry from Chipping Norton could intercept Royalist communications between Oxford, Worcester and the north, tightening the strategic encirclement of the Royalist capital.

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