BattlefieldsWhittlesey Parliamentary Fen Control 1643
English Civil War

Whittlesey Parliamentary Fen Control 1643

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

Who Fought

Forces
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Royalist Northamptonshire raiding parties
VS
Victor
Not recorded in historical accounts
Forces
Parliamentary Eastern Association cavalry patrols
Outcome
Parliamentary control of southern Fenland around Whittlesey established. Eastern Association western flank secured.
The Battle

History & Significance

Parliamentary forces secured the fenland around Whittlesey in 1643 as part of the Eastern Association consolidation of the southern fens. The flat fenland around Whittlesey was used as Parliamentary cavalry patrol territory to prevent Royalist incursion into the Eastern Association heartland from the west.

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