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English Civil War

Skirmish at Thame 1643

1643
Oxfordshire, England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Skirmish
Location
Oxfordshire, England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Parliamentarians
Forces
Parliamentary c.150–200; contested town.
VS
Victor
Royalists
Forces
Royalist c.200–300 horse
Outcome
Royalist cavalry cleared Thame of Parliamentary pickets
The Battle

History & Significance

Thame lay on the contested ground between Oxford and Aylesbury and changed hands several times as both sides sought to control the road.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Skirmish at Thame 1643

Moated site E of Moorend Lane
Scheduled monument · ~0.2 miles
Notley Abbey: an Augustinian abbey and associated post-Dissolution dovecote
Scheduled monument · ~2.1 miles
Rycote Chapel
Scheduled monument · ~2.7 miles
Moated site immediately south east of St Nicholas's Church
Scheduled monument · ~2.7 miles
Bowl barrow known as the Round Hill, 170m ENE of Roundhill Farm
Scheduled monument · ~3.1 miles
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