The Penrith skirmish demonstrated the vulnerability of English militia forces during the 1745 Jacobite Rising and boosted Jacobite morale as they advanced southward into England. It showed that local volunteer forces could not effectively resist the Highland army, contributing to panic in northern England and forcing the government to rely on regular army units for defense.
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.
Research a location near Cumbria