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The battle of Hopton Heath was a part of the First English Civil War, fought on Sunday 19 March 1643 between Parliamentarian forces led by Sir John Gell and Sir William Brereton and a Royalist force under Spencer Compton, 2nd Earl of Northampton. [2]
In the English Civil War of the 17th century Staffordshire supported the parliamentary cause and was placed under Lord Brooke. Tamworth, Lichfield and Stafford, however, were garrisoned for King Charles , and Lichfield Cathedral withstood a siege in 1643, in which year the Royalists were victorious at Hopton Heath , but lost their leader, the ...
The English Civil War was a series of civil wars and political machinations between Royalists and Parliamentarians in the Kingdom of England [b] from 1642 to 1651. Part of the wider 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms, the struggle consisted of the First English Civil War and the Second English Civil War.
Stafford (/ ˈ s t æ f ər d /) is a market town and the county town of Staffordshire, England.It is located about 15 miles (24 km) south of Stoke-on-Trent, 15 miles (24 km) north of Wolverhampton, and 24 miles (39 km) northwest of Birmingham.
The listed buildings in this area include churches with memorials in the churchyards and other related structures, houses and associated structures, buildings forming part of HM Prison Stafford, a former windmill, a road bridge, a former public house, the remains of Stafford Castle, a former hospital, schools, a former library, a boundary post ...
Stafford Castle is an ancient Grade II listed castle situated two miles west of the town of Stafford in Staffordshire, England.From the time of the Norman Conquest and as recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 it was the seat of the powerful Anglo-Norman Stafford family (originally de Tosny, later via a female line [1] de Stafford), feudal barons of Stafford, later Barons Stafford (1299) by ...
The Ancient High House is now largely a historic house museum with a collection of period room furnishings and displays, including the English Civil War, Edwardian and Victorian eras. Three galleries feature changing art, photography and history exhibitions. The museum is operated by the Stafford Borough Council and entry is free of charge.
Staffordshire (/ ˈ s t æ f ər d ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər /; [4] postal abbreviation Staffs.) is a landlocked ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England. It borders Cheshire to the northwest, Derbyshire and Leicestershire to the east, Warwickshire to the southeast, the West Midlands county and Worcestershire to the south, and Shropshire to the west.