Warrington's bridge over the Mersey was contested throughout the war. Parliament secured the town in 1643 but it was retaken and lost again. Control of the Mersey crossing was strategically vital for communications between Lancashire and Cheshire.
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.
Research a location near Lancashire