Lord Russell advancing to relieve Exeter clashed with rebel forces holding the bridge at Fenny Bridges on the River Otter. The rebels drove back an initial royal attack before being outflanked; it was the most intense engagement before the decisive battles at Clyst.
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any location in Britain — drawing on Domesday records, scheduled monuments, Victorian OS maps, geological data and archaeological archives to tell the full story of a place.
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