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English Civil War

Hungerford Parliamentary Outpost 1644

1644
England
Era
English Civil War
Battle Type
occupation
Location
England
Status
Unregistered
Outcome
Hungerford served as a Parliamentary quartering and supply hub during 1644, used successively by the Earl of Essex's army in June and the Earl of Manchester's cavalry in October, and again to provision Parliamentary forces ahead of the Second Battle of Newbury campaign. Sources record no direct combat at Hungerford itself in this period.
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Hungerford Parliamentary Outpost 1644 was a Civil War occupation, fought in England in 1644. Hungerford served as a Parliamentary quartering and supply hub during 1644, used successively by the Earl of Essex's army in June and the Earl of Manchester's cavalry in October, and again to provision Parliamentary forces ahead of the Second Battle of Newbury campaign. Sources record no direct combat at Hungerford itself in this period.

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The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Hungerford Parliamentary Outpost 1644 lies on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

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Scheduled Monuments near Hungerford Parliamentary Outpost 1644

Bowl barrow on Barrow Hill, Hungerford Newtown
Bowl barrow on Barrow Hill, Hungerford Newtown
Scheduled monument · ~2.3 mi

Bowl barrow on Barrow Hill, Hungerford Newtown is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located in Berkshire. The monument consists of a roughly circular earthwork of typical bowl barrow form, representing a widespread funerary practice across southern England during the prehistoric period. Such…

Derek Harper / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Wansdyke, section 530yds (490m) on W side of Old Dyke Lane
Wansdyke, section 530yds (490m) on W side of Old Dyke Lane
Scheduled monument · ~2.9 mi

Wansdyke is a linear earthwork of late Saxon or early medieval date, constructed as a defensive boundary across the Berkshire downlands. This section, measuring approximately 530 yards (490 metres) and located on the western side of Old Dyke Lane, survives as a substantial bank and ditch formatio…

Simon Burchell / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Long barrow at Combe Gibbet, Gallows Down.
Long barrow at Combe Gibbet, Gallows Down.
Scheduled monument · ~4.1 mi

Long barrow at Combe Gibbet, Gallows Down is a Neolithic burial monument situated on the Berkshire Downs near the Wiltshire border. The barrow is oriented east to west and retains much of its original mounded form, representing a characteristic example of the long barrow tradition that flourished…

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Walbury camp
Walbury camp
Scheduled monument · ~4.5 mi

Walbury Camp is an Iron Age hillfort situated on high ground near Inkpen in Hampshire. The monument comprises a univallate defensive earthwork with a single bank and ditch system, characteristic of many southern English hillforts of the Late Iron Age period. The fort occupies a commanding positio…

Simon Burchell / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Churchyard cross
Churchyard cross
Scheduled monument · ~4.8 mi

Churchyard Cross is a medieval cross located in Wiltshire, England, serving as a substantial example of parish ecclesiastical architecture from the medieval period. The monument stands within a churchyard setting, reflecting the common placement of such crosses as focal points for religious obser…

Rob Stallard / CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia Commons
Membury Camp See also WEST BERKSHIRE 199
Membury Camp See also WEST BERKSHIRE 199
Scheduled monument · ~5 mi

Membury Camp is a Neolithic causewayed enclosure situated in Wiltshire, England. The site comprises a series of interrupted ditches arranged in concentric rings, characteristic of causewayed enclosures constructed during the early Neolithic period, approximately 3700–3500 BCE. These monuments ser…

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Moated site at Balsdon Farm
Scheduled monument · ~2.2 miles
Bowl barrow 30m north of Bitham Lane
Scheduled monument · ~2.6 miles
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