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Battle of Rowton Heath

Battle of Rowton Heath was a battle fought on 24 September 1645 at Rowton, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of the English Civil War, which ran from 1642 to 1651. The recorded result: Parliamentarian victory. Recorded strength: 3,500 horse; Unknown number of foot against 3,350 horse; 500 musketeers.

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Fought24 September 1645
WhereRowton, United Kingdom53.172N, 2.828W
OutcomeParliamentarian victory
BelligerentsRoyalistsagainst22px Parliamentarians
Casualties and losses600 killed; 900 prisonersandUnknown
Battlefield todayBattle of Rowton Heath battlefieldHistoric England entry 1000031, 63 ha
Part ofEnglish Civil War1642 to 1651

Where it sits in the English Civil War

Siege of Portsmouth, 1642Battle of Kings Norton, 1642Siege of Chichester, 1642First Battle of Middlewich, 1643Battle of Ripple Field, 1643Battle of Sourton Down, 1643Battle of Roundway Down, 1643Siege of Basing House, 1643Battle of Alton, 1643Battle of Boldon Hill, 1644Relief of Newark, 1644Battle of Cheriton, 1644Siege of York, 1644Bolton Massacre, 1644Battle of Cropredy Bridge, 1644Battle of Marston Moor, 1644Battle of Ormskirk, 1644Battle of Weymouth, 1645Battle of Naseby, 1645Siege of Bristol, 1645Battle of Rowton Heath, 1645Battle of Stow-on-the-Wold, 1646Protestant Revolution, 168916421689Battle of Rowton Heath, 1645
23 placed engagements of the English Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date24 September 1645
PlaceRowton, United Kingdom
53.172N, 2.828W
KindBattle, early modern
Strength3,500 horse; Unknown number of foot3,350 horse; 500 musketeers
Casualties and losses600 killed; 900 prisonersUnknown
Commanders
Battle of Rowton HeathBattle of Rowton HeathBattle of ChesterSiege of ChesterBattle of ChesterSiege of ChesterChester5 km53.172N, 2.828W
The recorded site, with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. The dashed outline is the registered battlefield area (Historic England). Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Contested ground: this site was fought over 3 times between AD 615 and 1645.

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1645

Historic England registers this as the Battle of Rowton Heath battlefield (entry 1000031), 63 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Battle of Rowton Heath 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 Q4872207, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Rowton Heath, revision 1370273153, 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. Battlefield boundary and area from Historic England (Open Government Licence). Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.