Marching to Marston Moor Yesterday we marched the two and a half miles from Long Marston to Tockwith, a route that runs from one side of the battlefield of Marston Moor to the other. Half way we stopped at the battle memorial obelisk for a short service to commemorate the dead of this pivotal moment…
Commemorating the Battle of Marston Moor, 375 years on On 2 July 1644, on a gently sloping moor just outside of the city of York, five armies met in what was to become a watershed moment in the English Civil War. Marston Moor would prove to be the biggest battle of the civil wars that…
Battling the Royalists AND the heat at Cropredy Bridge! It was a blistering weekend in more ways than one – the temperature soared as we engaged in battle at The Battle of Cropredy Bridge! It was well over 35°C on the battlefield as we reenacted the 1644 battle on almost the exact same spot. But…