Battle of Burton Bridge

The Battle of Burton Bridge was fought between Royalist and Parliamentarian forces at Burton upon Trent on 4 July 1643 during the First English Civil War. By the time of the battle, the town, which had at various times been held by both sides, was garrisoned by a Parliamentarian unit under the command of Captain Thomas Sanders and the town's military governor, Colonel Richard Houghton. The key river crossing at Burton was desired by Queen Henrietta Maria, who was proceeding southwards from Yorkshire with a convoy of supplies destined for King Charles I at Oxford. The Royalists, led by Colonel Thomas Tyldesley, launched a cavalry charge across the bridge which succeeded in defeating the Parliamentarians and capturing most of their officers, including Sanders and Houghton. The Queen's convoy proceeded on its way south to Oxford, with Tyldesley receiving a knighthood and a promotion in recognition of his victory. Burton changed hands several more times during the course of the war, before finally coming under Parliamentarian control in 1646.

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
area	region	527	Kingdom of Mercia		Wikidata
event	armed conflict	917	Battle of Derby	Anglo-Saxons, battle, Danelaw	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1322	Battle of Burton Bridge	battle, Kingdom of England	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1485	Battle of Bosworth Field	House of York, House of Lancaster, battle, Kingdom of England	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1643	Battle of Hopton Heath	battle, Cavalier, Roundhead	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1643	Siege of Lichfield	siege	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1643	Battle of Burton Bridge	battle, Roundhead	Wikidata
site	artillery battery		Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite 340m south east of Gardens Farm	anti-aircraft battery	Wikidata
site	bunker		Elvaston Anti-Aircraft Operations Room	Royal Air Force, bunker	Wikidata
site	bunker		Loughborough Cold Store	warehouse, bunker	Wikidata
site	castle		Ashby de la Zouch Castle	English Heritage, ruins, castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Cannock Castle Ring	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Chartley Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Duffield Castle	archaeological site, castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Tamworth Castle	local authority museum, historic house museum, castle	Wikidata
site	castle		Tutbury Castle	castle	Wikidata
site	museum		Loughborough Carillon Tower and War Memorial Museum	military museum, war memorial	Wikidata
site	museum	1879	Derby Museum and Art Gallery	military museum, local museum, art museum, independent museum	Wikidata
site	museum	2005	Far Eastern Prisoners Of War Museum	military museum	Wikidata