BattlefieldsTrowbridge Parliamentary Garrison Wiltshire 1645
English Civil War

Trowbridge Parliamentary Garrison Wiltshire 1645

1645
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Royalist forces
Forces
Royalist sympathisers in west Wiltshire
VS
Victor
Parliamentary forces
Forces
Parliamentary Wiltshire forces
Outcome
Parliamentary garrison established at Trowbridge in 1645; western Wiltshire secured as Parliamentary control extended following the defeat of Royalist forces after Naseby.
The Battle

History & Significance

Trowbridge in western Wiltshire was established as a Parliamentary garrison in 1645 as Parliament progressively cleared Wiltshire of Royalist posts. The town was important for controlling the western Wiltshire cloth-working country and the routes from Bath and Bristol toward Devizes and Salisbury.

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