Battle of Gainsborough
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The Battle of Gainsborough took place during the First English Civil War on 28 July 1643. The strategically important town of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, was a Royalist base used for harassing the Par
Battlefield, Foxby Hill, Gainsborough
Charles Cavendish, Royalist commander at the Battle of Gainsborough
Oliver Cromwell, Parliamentarian commander at the Battle of Gainsborough
Battlefield Monument at the bottom of Foxby Hill, Gainsborough
Oliver Cromwell
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Oliver Cromwell was an English statesman, farmer and soldier, widely regarded as one of the most important figures in British history. He came to prominence during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, init
Battle of Gainsborough
…was taken by Parliamentarians in July 1643. An attempt to recapture Gainsborough by Charles Cavendish and the Royalists was foiled in a battle in which Colonel Oliver Cromwell distinguished himself as a cavalry leader. When the English Civil War was declared, Gainsborough in Lincolnshire lay in an area which supported Parliament…
Cromwell's House in Ely
Portrait of Cromwell's wife Elizabeth Bourchier
Cromwell at the Battle of Naseby by Charles Landseer, 1851