BattlefieldsGodalming Parliamentary Cavalry Post 1643
English Civil War

Godalming Parliamentary Cavalry Post 1643

1643
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
Pitched Battle
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
The Combatants

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Royalist Hampshire raiding parties
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Parliamentary Surrey cavalry
Outcome
Parliamentary cavalry post at Godalming maintained through 1643; border raids from Hampshire screened; Surrey border security maintained.
The Battle

History & Significance

Godalming in Surrey served as a Parliamentary cavalry post in 1643 covering the approaches from Hampshire and providing a relay station on the road between London and Portsmouth. Parliamentary horse based at Godalming screened the Surrey border against Royalist raids from Hampshire and provided early warning of Royalist movements in the area.

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