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Battle of Wigan Lane

Battle of Wigan Lane was a battle fought on 25 August 1651 at Wigan, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of Third English Civil War, which ran from 1649 to 1651. The recorded result: Parliamentarian victory.

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Fought25 August 1651
WhereWigan, United Kingdom53.570N, 2.630W
OutcomeParliamentarian victory
BelligerentsParliamentariansagainstRoyalists
Part ofThird English Civil War1649 to 1651

Where it sits in Third English Civil War

Battle of Cartagena, 1650Battle of Warrington Bridge, 1651Battle of Wigan Lane, 1651Battle of Upton, 165116501651Battle of Wigan Lane, 1651
4 placed engagements of Third English Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date25 August 1651
PlaceWigan, United Kingdom
53.570N, 2.630W
KindBattle, early modern
Strength603; (Colonel Robert Lilburne Regiment of Horse); 30 horse; (from Liverpool as well as volunteers with shotguns mounted as Dragoons); 200; (2 companies of Cheshire Trained Band of Foot); 100; (1 company of foot from Manchester); 100; (one company of John Birch's Regiment of Foot); 2,100; (Cromwell's 2 Regiments of Foot and detached company of horse); Total: 3,0001,000; (Earl of Derby’s Regiment of Foot); 600; (Earl of Derby’s Regiment of Horse); Total: 600-1,500
Casualties and losses1 killed; 10 wounded; (claim by Lilburne); 700 killed; (Royalist claim)64 killed; 400 captured
Commanders
  • Robert Lilburne
  • Thomas Birch (English Parliamentarian)
  • James Stanley, 7th Earl of Derby
  • William Widdrington, 1st Baron Widdrington
  • Thomas Tyldesley
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Battle of Wigan Lane 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 Q675324, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Wigan Lane, revision 1370276896, 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.