Welsh forces under Owain Gwynedd ambush the English royal vanguard in the forests near Coleshill in Flintshire, killing the constable of Chester and nearly capturing Henry II himself. The king escapes but the engagement demonstrates Welsh mastery of forest warfare and severely shakes English confidence.
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.
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