The Kentish rising of 1648 — the largest Royalist insurrection of the Second Civil War — was crushed at the Battle of Maidstone. Fairfax stormed the town defended by 11,000 Kentish Royalists. The battle was fought street by street, house by house, through the night. The defeat scattered the Kentish force; the survivors who escaped northward crossed the Thames into Essex, creating the force that would occupy Colchester and precipitate its great siege.
300 Royalists killed; many prisoners
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: EHB56.
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