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| HER Number | MWB16536 |
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| Record Type | Monument |
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| Name | Site of Parliamentarian Baggage Camp, 1643 - approximate location |
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Summary
Temporary baggage camp of Roundhead forces prior to the First Battle of Newbury
Monument Type(s):
Full Description
According to a Royalist account of the battle, the Earl of Essex left his baggage train and artillery, 'upon a hill side under a wood neer Hampsted' <1>, on September 19th 1643, having crossed the river Kennet at Hungerford. Money describes this location as 'The Slings' and locates the temporary camp south of Enborne Copse <1><2>. Most subsequent maps of the battlefield follow suit <3><4><5>.
The GIS point is approximate.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Money, W. 1881. The First and Second Battles of Newbury (1st ed). [Monograph / SWB11644]
https://archive.org/details/firstsecondbattl00monerich (Accessed on 02/08/2022) |
| --- | The Battlefields Trust. 2001-06. UK Battlefields Resource Centre. http://www.battlefieldstrust.com/resource-centre. Accessed 14/03/2008. [Website / SWB12387]
http://www.battlefieldstrust.com/resource-centre (Accessed 02/04/2012) |
| --- | English Heritage. 1995. Battlefield Report: I Newbury 1643. [Unpublished document / SWB12743] |
| <01> | Anon (Digby?). 22/09/1643. A True and Impartial Relation of the Battaile betwixt His Majesties Army and that of the Rebells. ... [Unpublished document / SWB12744] |
| <02> | Money, W. 1884. The First and Second Battles of Newbury (2nd ed). Plan. [Monograph / SWB12745]
http://openlibrary.org/books/OL14008014M/The_first_and_second_battles_of_Newbury_and_the_siege_of_Donnington_Castle_during_the_Civil_War_1643 (Accessed 23/09/2013) |
| <03> | Money, W. 1905 & 1972. A Popular History of Newbury (also Walter Money's History of Newbury). p40. [Monograph / SWB11278] |
| <04> | Burne, Lt Col A H and Young, Lt Col P. 1959. The Great Civil War - A Military History of the First Civil War 1642-1646. p97-107, Map p100. [Monograph / SWB146726] |
| <05> | Roberts, K. 2003. First Newbury 1643 - The turning point. Plan. [Monograph / SWB14321] |
| <06> | Barratt, J. 2005. The First Battle of Newbury. Plan. [Monograph / SWB146738] |
Related Monuments
| MWB15762 | Newbury I Battlefield, 1643 (Landscape) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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