He fell out with the English Parliament for ... The country descended into the First Civil War in 1642. The Cavaliers and the Roundheads fought their first battle at Edgehill in October, but ...

If there is a fact every Scot knows, it is who won the Battle ... instant English recognition of the Scots demands. As it was, they could absorb such a defeat and continue the war.

Described as “one of the most historic sites in the whole county”, this old road between Padiham and Whalley was the location for an English Civil War battle in April, 1643, when a much ...