The Battle of Lansdown Hill

Season: 4 Episode: 2

A subject suggested by Julian Humphrys from Surrey who's a huge history fan. It also happens to be the 380th anniversary of this significant event. If the the outcome had been different, history as we know it would be considerably changed. 

Sir Ralph Hopton's Royalist forces came across Waller's commanding position on Lansdowne Hill on 4 July and were unpleasantly surprised at its strength. Find out what happened next in one of the most important battles in history!

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SOURCES

Tog hill House Farm

Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Saturday 09 July 1932

Bath Field Club, vol. vi., No. 11. (1887), p. 177)

"Monarchy versus Parliament: England in the 17th century" André Krowke

Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Saturday 07 July 1945

Encyclopedia Britanica

Shoreditch Observer - Saturday 15 December 1883

Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 31 March 1864 [2]

Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette - Thursday 26 July 1866

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