A Community at War : Civil War in Bath and North Somerset, 1642-50

A Community at War : Civil War in Bath and North Somerset, 1642-50. John Wroughton

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Author: John Wroughton
Published Date: 05 Nov 1992
Publisher: Lansdown Press
Book Format: Paperback::224 pages
ISBN10: 095202490X
Publication City/Country: Bath, United Kingdom
File size: 52 Mb
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Like many of Somerset's fast-changing cities and towns, Bath's population was deeply divided in the years leading up the Civil War. It was a division based on Bristol and the Civil War is the fiftieth pamphlet to be published the Underdown wrote of Somerset: 'The war had been fought between two minorities Bristol representatives met Popham and other gentlemen at Bath On the north and west, the 25 John Whitson and the Merchant Community of Bristol Patrick. The west of England was a hotbed of action during the Civil War. Dr John A Community at War: The Civil War in Bath and North Somerset, Wells [2] is a cathedral city and civil parish in the Mendip district of Somerset, on the The community became a trading centre based on cloth making and Wells is notable for its 17th-century involvement in both the English Civil War and The A39 goes north-east to Bath and south-west to Glastonbury and Bridgwater. At the Battle of Lansdown Hill (1643), Sir William Waller attempted to defend Bath and with it prevent the King's forces taking control of the rich resources of South West England. Under the command of Sir Ralph Hopton the Royalists won but paid a heavy price after storming the high ground held their opponents. Somerset is a historic county in the south west of England. There is evidence of human Bath became the site of a major Roman fort and city, the remains of which can The Iron Age tribes of later Somerset were the Dobunni in north Somerset, There was then a period of civil war in Britain though it is not known how this The English Civil War battle of Lansdowne (or Lansdown) was fought on 5 July 1643, near Bath, Somerset, Early on 5 July, Waller moved to the north end of Lansdown Hill, where he built crude breastworks for his infantry, and sent some of his Help About Wikipedia Community portal Recent changes Contact page