Battle of Heptonstall

Battle of Heptonstall
Part of the First English Civil War

The battlefield at Heptonstall
DateNovember 1643
Location
Heptonstall, Yorkshire
53°44′31.3″N 2°00′48.0″W / 53.742028°N 2.013333°W / 53.742028; -2.013333
Result Parliamentarian victory
Belligerents
Royalists Parliamentarians
Commanders and leaders
Sir Francis Mackworth Colonel Bradshaw
Strength
800 800
Heptonstall
Halifax
Leeds
West Yorkshire and Heptonstall

The Battle of Heptonstall occurred in November 1643 during the First English Civil War at Hebden Bridge and Heptonstall, Yorkshire. During the battle, Colonel Bradshaw, a Parliamentarian commander fended off an attack by Sir Francis Mackworth and the Royalists.

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