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English Civil War

Skirmish at Witney 1645

1645
Oxfordshire, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Oxfordshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalists
Forces
c. 150–250 Royalist garrison/detachment.
VS
Victor
Parliamentarians
Forces
c. 300–500 Parliamentary cavalry
Outcome
Parliamentary cavalry from Abingdon swept Witney of Royalist foragers
The Battle

History & Significance

Witney on the Windrush was a market town in the contested zone west of Oxford and suffered repeated Parliamentary cavalry sweeps in 1645 as Oxford was slowly strangled.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Skirmish at Witney 1645

Butter cross
Scheduled monument · ~0.1 miles
Bishop of Winchester's Palace, 90m east of St Mary's Church
Scheduled monument · ~0.3 miles
The remains of a medieval moated manor, priory, settlement and associated features, Cogges
Scheduled monument · ~0.4 miles
Minster Lovell Hall
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 miles
Dovecote 125m north of Minster Lovell Hall
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 miles
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