Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire was a Parliamentary crossing point and garrison town during the Civil War. The bridge at Henley was a critical Thames crossing east of Oxford and Parliamentary forces garrisoned it to control communications between London and the upper Thames valley while threatening the eastern approaches to Oxford.
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