Battle of Lansdowne
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The First English Civil War battle of Lansdowne, or Lansdown, was fought on 5 July 1643, at Lansdowne Hill, near Bath, Somerset, England. Although the Royalists under Lord Hopton forced the Parliament
The battlefield today with Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument
Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument, at the place where he fell
Battlefield marker
Sir Bevil Grenville's Monument is a monument erected in 1720 on Lansdown Hill, then called Lansdowne Hill, in Charlcombe parish about 4 miles north-west of the city of Bath, in Somerset, England. It w
Battle of Lansdowne
…Waller was "... the best shifter and chooser of ground when he was not Master of the field that ever I saw". (sic) The site of the battle is marked by a monument to Sir Bevil Grenville, who died after the battle in Cold Ashton Rectory. The battlefield is included on the Register of Historic Battlefields which is part of the National…
1783 Drawing by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm, British Library, Add. MS 15547, f.64