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Battle of Heptonstall

Battle of Heptonstall was a battle fought in November 1643 at Heptonstall, in what is now United Kingdom. The recorded result: Parliamentarian victory. Recorded strength: 800 against 800.

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View of Heptonstall and the Calder Valley with Stoodley Pike in the distance.
View of Heptonstall and the Calder Valley with Stoodley Pike in the distance.. Scott L. Cockroft, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
FoughtNovember 1643
WhereHeptonstall, United Kingdom53.742N, 2.013W
OutcomeParliamentarian victory
BelligerentsRoyalistsagainst22px Parliamentarians

Record

DateNovember 1643 (month precision)
PlaceHeptonstall, United Kingdom
53.742N, 2.013W
KindBattle, early modern
Strength800800
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Elsewhere in 1643

Battle of Heptonstall is one of 1,470 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 695 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q4871209, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Heptonstall, revision 1370442886, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.