Monthly Archives: September 2013

This Saturday: we'll be fighting in Wigan!

This Saturday, some of our members will be travelling to Wigan, to reveal the fascinating English Civil War history of this famous mill town. The Battle of Wigan Lane was fought on 25 August 1651 during the Third English Civil War, when King Charles II invaded England with a Scottish army, hoping to take the country…

On this day: the King who came down with an army but ended up in a tree

On September 3rd 1651, the Battle of Worcester brought the Third English Civil War to a close with one of Oliver Cromwell’s greatest victories. The newly proclaimed Charles II had mustered an army to try and take back his dead father’s throne. It marched south from Scotland in an attempt to raise troops amongst the formerly…