Battle of Olney Bridge
A skirmish that took place in 1643 during the First English Civil War
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First English Civil War
1642
- 1st Hull
- Marshall's Elm
- Portsmouth
- Plymouth
- Babylon Hill
- Powick Bridge
- Kings Norton
- Edgehill
- Aylesbury
- Brentford
- Turnham Green
- Farnham Castle
- Piercebridge
- Tadcaster
- 1st Exeter
- Muster Green
- 1st Bradford
- Chichester
1643
- Braddock Down
- Leeds
- 1st Middlewich
- Hopton Heath
- Seacroft Moor
- Camp Hill
- Lichfield
- Ripple Field
- Reading
- Sourton Down
- 1st Wardour Castle
- Stratton
- Wakefield
- 1st Worcester
- Chalgrove Field
- Adwalton Moor
- 2nd Bradford
- Burton Bridge
- Lansdowne
- Roundway Down
- 1st Bristol
- Gainsborough
- Gloucester
- 2nd Hull
- Aldbourne Chase
- 1st Newbury
- Winceby
- Olney Bridge
- 1st Basing House
- Heptonstall
- 2nd Wardour Castle
- Alton
- Bramber Bridge
- Arundel
- 2nd Middlewich
1644
- Nantwich
- Newcastle
- 1st Lathom House
- Newark
- Boldon Hill
- Stourbridge Heath
- Cheriton
- Selby
- Lyme Regis
- York
- Lincoln
- 1st Oxford
- Bolton
- 2nd Basing House
- Tipton Green
- Oswestry
- Cropredy Bridge
- Marston Moor
- Gunnislake New Bridge
- Ormskirk
- Lostwithiel
- Tippermuir
- 1st Aberdeen
- Montgomery Castle
- 1st Chester
- 1st Taunton
- Carlisle
- 2nd Newbury
1645
- Inverlochy
- High Ercall Hall
- Weymouth
- Scarborough Castle
- 2nd Taunton
- Auldearn
- 3rd Taunton
- 2nd Oxford
- Leicester
- Naseby
- Alford
- 2nd Lathom House
- Langport
- Hereford
- Kilsyth
- 2nd Bristol
- Philiphaugh
- 2nd Chester
- Rowton Heath
- Sherburn in Elmet
- 3rd Basing House
- Annan Moor
- Denbigh Green
- Shelford House
- Newark
1646
- Bovey Heath
- Torrington
- Stow-on-the-Wold
- 3rd Oxford
- 2nd Aberdeen
- Lagganmore
- 2nd Worcester
The Battle of Olney Bridge was a skirmish that occurred on 4 November 1643[1] during the First English Civil War just outside the town of Olney, Buckinghamshire. In the engagement, Royalist forces attacked Parliamentarian forces holding the Olney bridge, but were driven off by a counter-attack.[2]
Legacy
The Olney bridge where the battle took place remains in place, along with a memorial to the dead.
References
- ^ "Summary of Olney history". A POTTED OR SUMMARY HISTORY OF OLNEY. 2007. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ Paine, Captaine George, 'A true relation of all the skirmishes between our forces and the Cavaliers at Owlny', London 1643. British Library Thomas Tracts E.76[3].