battle, early modern

Battle of Maidstone

Name: Battle of Maidstone
Start: 1648-06-01
Location: Maidstone, United Kingdom

Battle of Maidstone was a battle fought on 1 June 1648 at Maidstone, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of Second English Civil War. The recorded result: Parliamentarian victory. Recorded strength: 2,000 against 4,000.

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Fought1 June 1648

WhereMaidstone, United Kingdom51.270N, 0.524E

OutcomeParliamentarian victory

BelligerentsRoyalistsagainstParliamentarians

Casualties and losses800+and80

Part ofSecond English Civil War

Where it sits in Second English Civil War

6 placed engagements of Second English Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1 June 1648
Place	Maidstone, United Kingdom 51.270N, 0.524E
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	2,000	4,000
Casualties and losses	800+	80
Commanders	George Goring, 1st Earl of Norwich	Thomas Fairfax

The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of Aylesford AD 455, 5.5 km N
Raid on the Medway 1667, 15 km N
Battle of the Medway AD 43, 24 km NE
Battle of Otford AD 776, 24 km W
Battle of Benfleet AD 894, 31 km N

In the same war

Before: Battle of St Fagans 8 May 1648
After: Siege of Colchester 12 June 1648
All 6 engagements of Second English Civil War

Elsewhere in 1648

Battle of Maidstone 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 Q4871639, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Maidstone, revision 1370268794, 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.