Siege of Colchester map

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The map above shows the locations photographed for the previous article on the Siege of Colchester during the English Civil War. I've also added in the line of the town wall as it would have been in 1648 and the conjectural position of the Parliamentarian lines and some of their larger fortifications ...

Battle of the Gunpowder Mills!

Hampden's gunners join the field ...

The English Civil War descended on the Lea Valley last weekend.

Sir Marmaduke Rawdon's Regiment of Foote met Colonel John Hampden's Regiment of Foote in a fierce Saturday afternoon battle at the Royal Gunpowder Mills ... but who would prevail?

Podcast of Nantwich commemorations

190112 History & Mystery with Tim Prevett on Red Shift Radio - Battle of Nantwich by Tim Prevett on Mixcloud

Red Shift Radio covered the recent Holy Holly Day celebrations, commemorating the 1644 Battle of Nantwich.

Click above to listen to history and mystery tour guide and author Tim Prevett discuss the event. Guests include a couple of the organisers, a landlady from a reputedly haunted local hotel and a representative from Nantwich Museum.