The survivors of Preston fled north and made a last stand behind the churchyard wall at Winwick; Parliamentary forces broke in and the fighting around the church was some of the most intense of the Second Civil War; Scottish bones from the churchyard were still being found during Victorian restoration work two centuries later.
c.2,000 Scots killed
This battlefield is listed on the Register of Historic Battlefields — a national designation identifying Britain's most significant battle sites for protection and further research. Reference: EHB33a.
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