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English Civil War

Skirmish at Chipping Norton 1644

1644
Oxfordshire, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Oxfordshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Parliamentarians
Forces
Parliamentarians c.100–200
VS
Victor
Royalists
Forces
Royalists c.150–300
Outcome
Royalist patrol covered King road north from Oxford
The Battle

History & Significance

Chipping Norton was on the Royalist corridor between Oxford and the Midlands and was regularly patrolled to keep the road open for royal communications and supplies.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Skirmish at Chipping Norton 1644

Besbury Lane bowl barrow, 450m north east of Conduit Farm
Scheduled monument · ~1.6 miles
Lowland Barn Romano-British farmstead 200m north west of Bury Hill
Scheduled monument · ~1.7 miles
Knollbury camp hillfort
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 miles
Squire's Clump Anglo-Saxon burial mound 500m south west of Iron Buildings
Scheduled monument · ~2.4 miles
Shrunken medieval village NW of Churchill old church
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 miles
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