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972:, the 'somewhat bombastic' account which is said to have a bias of a similar nature to other material they produced. Monitoring of a sewage scheme by archæologist Bob Zeepvat in 1995, found no trace of the burials at Holmans Bridge. Zeepvat concluded that the battle, if it actually happened, may have instead been a
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There have been mixed claims surrounding the scale and even the existence of the battle largely due to the alleged lack of archaeological evidence. It has also been claimed that its existence is a piece of parliamentary propaganda and that the bodies found in 1818 were far earlier, potentially being
945:(near the old ford), outside Aylesbury, by labourers digging pits for gravel, which were believed to belong to the fatalities from the battle. Many appeared, from the way they were laid, to have been graves of officers. They were buried in a common grave in
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In 2002, the site fell under scrutiny as it was the proposed location of a new housing development. Doubts of the existence of the battle was used as ammunition for the developers and the County
Council to push forward the development. A spokesperson for
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as opposed to a full-scale battle as previously thought. Furthermore, the journal of Prince Rupert's marches pinpoints him in
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was an engagement which took place on 1 November 1642, when
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Quick, Account of the Battle of
Aylesbury by Lord Nugent
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British Archaeology, South Midlands Group
1196:"Buckinghamshire – Weedon, near Aylesbury (SP 8115)"
1392:"Account of the Battle of Aylesbury by Lord Nugent"
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Buckinghamshire – Weedon, near Aylesbury (SP 8115).
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A Battle in 1643 during the First English Civil War
1255:"Was Cromwell present at the Battle of Aylesbury?"
925:on the opposite bank. Prince Rupert, supported by
1336:"Town at war over historic battle that never was"
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1437:"Was There Really a Battle of Aylesbury?"
1168:"A Brief Historical Sketch of Aylesbury"
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1298:Nugent-Grenville, George (1832).
1445:. 21 August 2002. Archived from
1411:Quick, Kevin (8 November 2000).
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1413:"The Battle of Aylesbury, 1642"
43:Plaque commemorating the battle
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109:Parliamentarian victory
31:First English Civil War
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135:Commanders and leaders
90:51.829972°N 0.814722°W
1068:Nugent-Grenville 1832
642:Gunnislake New Bridge
165:Casualties and losses
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1398:on 20 December 2006
1341:The Daily Telegraph
1164:Bickersteth, Edward
986:Bucks County Museum
923:Sir William Balfour
878:Battle of Aylesbury
146:Sir William Balfour
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24:Battle of Aylesbury
1449:on 21 October 2018
1285:on 21 October 2018
988:at the time said:
716:Scarborough Castle
518:2nd Wardour Castle
418:1st Wardour Castle
1478:Conflicts in 1642
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662:1st Aberdeen
637:Marston Moor
622:Tipton Green
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473:Gainsborough
448:2nd Bradford
413:Sourton Down
403:Ripple Field
383:Hopton Heath
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349:1st Bradford
344:Muster Green
329:Piercebridge
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299:Kings Norton
289:Babylon Hill
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118:Belligerents
81:00°48′53.0″W
78:51°49′47.9″N
29:Part of the
18:
1402:20 November
1310:John Murray
1263:27 November
957:Controversy
835:Bovey Heath
786:2nd Chester
781:Philiphaugh
776:2nd Bristol
731:3rd Taunton
721:2nd Taunton
687:2nd Newbury
677:1st Taunton
672:1st Chester
652:Lostwithiel
572:Boldon Hill
513:Heptonstall
493:1st Newbury
468:1st Bristol
93: /
1467:Categories
1453:21 October
1381:21 October
1348:20 October
1325:20 October
1289:21 October
1244:20 October
1217:21 October
1186:20 October
1156:References
1095:Payne 2002
904:Background
860:Lagganmore
850:3rd Oxford
840:Torrington
806:Annan Moor
736:2nd Oxford
701:Inverlochy
657:Tippermuir
607:1st Oxford
592:Lyme Regis
478:Gloucester
354:Chichester
339:1st Exeter
279:Portsmouth
170:500 killed
1483:Aylesbury
1427:11 August
1180:Aylesbury
1015:Citations
947:St Mary's
890:Aylesbury
888:, fought
741:Leicester
557:Newcastle
458:Lansdowne
428:Wakefield
398:Lichfield
393:Camp Hill
334:Tadcaster
314:Brentford
309:Aylesbury
173:90 killed
124:Royalists
69:Aylesbury
1344:. London
1166:(1863).
978:Abingdon
974:skirmish
951:Hardwick
882:Royalist
766:Hereford
761:Langport
726:Auldearn
711:Weymouth
682:Carlisle
647:Ormskirk
627:Oswestry
582:Cheriton
552:Nantwich
483:2nd Hull
423:Stratton
304:Edgehill
284:Plymouth
269:1st Hull
152:Strength
60:Location
1302:(ed.).
1234:Origins
1039:Hammond
962:of the
771:Kilsyth
602:Lincoln
533:Arundel
498:Winceby
408:Reading
1417:Genuki
1316:
1213:. 1995
937:Legacy
917:Battle
821:Newark
751:Alford
746:Naseby
612:Bolton
567:Newark
106:Result
1258:(PDF)
1230:(PDF)
1199:(PDF)
995:Notes
964:Saxon
931:Thame
587:Selby
523:Alton
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