What happened at Skirmish at Daventry 1645?

Skirmish at Daventry 1645 was a english civil war engagement in Northamptonshire, England in 1645.

When did Skirmish at Daventry 1645 take place?

Skirmish at Daventry 1645 took place in 1645, in Northamptonshire, England.

Who won Skirmish at Daventry 1645?

The victor at Skirmish at Daventry 1645 is disputed or unrecorded in the surviving sources.

What was the significance of Skirmish at Daventry 1645?

Skirmish at Daventry 1645 was a notable engagement of the English Civil War period in British history.

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English Civil War

Skirmish at Daventry 1645

1645

Northamptonshire, England

Era

English Civil War

Battle Type

Skirmish

Location

Northamptonshire, England

Status

Unregistered

The Battle

History & Significance

Skirmish at Daventry 1645 was a skirmish of the English Civil War period, fought in Northamptonshire, England in 1645. This engagement forms part of the broader pattern of conflict that shaped the political and military history of the UK during this era.

The ground

The ground they fought on

The site of Skirmish at Daventry 1645 lies on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.

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Roman Britain

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Domesday

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Civil War

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Protected heritage nearby

Scheduled Monuments near Skirmish at Daventry 1645

Site of Bannaventa

Scheduled monument · ~2.5 mi

Bannaventa is a Romano-British settlement site located in Northamptonshire, situated on the line of Watling Street. The site represents an important road station or vicus that served travellers and facilitating trade along this major Roman artery during the Imperial period. Archaeological investi…

Stavros1 at English Wikipedia / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons

Braunstonbury deserted medieval village, moat and fishpond

Scheduled monument · ~3 mi

Braunstonbury is a deserted medieval village site located in Northamptonshire, with associated earthworks including a moat and fishpond. The settlement represents a typical example of the nucleated villages that characterised the English Midlands during the medieval period, and its abandonment re…

Hugh Craddock / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Dower House, Fawsley Park

Scheduled monument · ~3 mi

Dower House, Fawsley Park is a residential structure associated with the Fawsley estate in Northamptonshire. The building dates from the seventeenth century and exemplifies the type of secondary residence historically provided for widows of the estate's principal landowners. Built of stone with p…

AtcherleyOrgUK / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Long Buckby ringwork and bailey

Scheduled monument · ~4.3 mi

Long Buckby ringwork and bailey is a Norman motte-and-bailey castle situated in Northamptonshire, dating to the late eleventh or early twelfth century. The monument comprises a substantial circular or oval earthwork with an enclosing bank and ditch typical of early Norman defensive architecture i…

G-13114 / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Great Brington village cross

Scheduled monument · ~5.9 mi

Great Brington village cross is a medieval monument located in the village of Great Brington in Northamptonshire. The structure dates to the medieval period and survives as a notable example of a village cross, a common feature of English settlements from the thirteenth century onwards. The cross…

Dave.Dunford / CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Abandoned medieval village of Onley

Scheduled monument · ~6.3 mi

The abandoned medieval village of Onley is a deserted settlement site in Northamptonshire that represents the physical remains of a community depopulated during the medieval period. The site preserves earthwork evidence of former habitation, including house platforms, property boundaries, and fie…

Ian Rob / CC BY-SA 2.0 / Wikimedia Commons

Borough Hill: two Iron Age hillforts and a defended enclosure, two Bronze Age barrows, a Roman building complex and barrow cemetery

Scheduled monument · ~0.9 miles

'Burnt Walls' earthworks

Scheduled monument · ~1.2 miles

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