Skirmish at Alresford was a Civil War skirmish, fought at Hampshire, England in 1644. Royalists prevailed over Parliamentarians. On 27 March 1644 a Royalist force under Lord Hopton raced Sir William Waller's advancing Parliamentarian cavalry (under Sir William Balfour) to New Alresford, occupying the town just ahead of them after two days of skirmishing between outriding units; this positioned the two armies for the decisive Battle of Cheriton two days later on 29 March 1644.
The site of Skirmish at Alresford lies on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.
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