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English Civil War

Kent Rising Coastal Actions 1648

1648
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Defeated
Kentish Royalist forces and naval mutineers
Forces
Kentish Royalist forces and mutinous naval forces
VS
Victor
Parliamentary New Model Army
Forces
Parliamentary New Model Army under Fairfax
Outcome
Parliamentary forces under Fairfax suppressed the Kentish rising; coastal garrisons reduced and fleet mutineers eventually surrendered to Warwick.
The Battle

History & Significance

The Kentish rising of 1648 spread along the coast from Faversham to Deal and Sandwich. Royalist forces seized the Downs castles and were supported by the mutinous Parliamentary fleet. Coastal engagements preceded Fairfax driving the rising inland.

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Kent Rising Coastal Actions 1648

City wall (site) and ditch on Rheims Way
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 miles
City wall and bastion in Westgate Gardens
Scheduled monument · ~0.5 miles
Canterbury Castle
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
Greyfriars, Canterbury
Scheduled monument · ~0.6 miles
Dane John Mound and Roman and medieval remains in Dane John Garden
Scheduled monument · ~0.7 miles
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