battle, early modern

Battle of Oswestry

Name: Battle of Oswestry
Location: Oswestry, United Kingdom

Battle of Oswestry was a battle fought in July 1644 at Oswestry, in what is now United Kingdom. The recorded result: Parliamentarian victory. Recorded strength: Unknown against 200 foot.

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FoughtJuly 1644

WhereOswestry, United Kingdom52.861N, 3.055W

OutcomeParliamentarian victory

BelligerentsRoyalistsagainstParliamentarians

Record

Date	July 1644 (month precision)
Place	Oswestry, United Kingdom 52.861N, 3.055W
Kind	Battle, early modern
Strength	Unknown	200 foot
Commanders	Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh Thomas Mytton

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 Maserfield AD 642, 0.1 km SE
Battle of Chirk Castle 1644, 8.5 km N
Battle of Crogen 1165, 9.3 km N
Battle of Bodyddon Castle 1257, 9.7 km S
Battle of Carreghofa 1213, 9.9 km S

Elsewhere in 1644

Battle of Oswestry 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 Q65057590, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Oswestry, revision 1382697368, 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.