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English Civil War

Wigan Lane 1651

1651
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist forces
Forces
Royalist Lancashiremen under the Earl of Derby approximately 1,500
VS
Victor
Parliamentary forces
Forces
Parliamentary cavalry under Colonel Lilburne approximately 1,500
Outcome
Parliamentary victory; Royalist force effectively destroyed, Earl of Derby wounded and captured; he was later executed at Bolton.
The Battle

History & Significance

The engagement at Wigan Lane on 25 August 1651 was a running fight between the Earl of Derby's newly raised Lancashire Royalist force and Parliamentary cavalry under Colonel Robert Lilburne. Derby's force was shattered as he marched south to join Charles II.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Wigan Lane 1651

Mabs Cross on Standishgate, 20m west of Mabs Cross School building
Scheduled monument · ~1.1 miles
Haigh Sough mine drainage portal, 310m west of Park House
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 miles
Winstanley moated site and five fishponds
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 miles
Gidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington Hall
Scheduled monument · ~2.9 miles
Cross base on Standish Wood Lane 700m south east of Standish Hall
Scheduled monument · ~3 miles
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