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Battle of Edgehill

Battle of Edgehill was a battle fought on 23 October 1642 at Edgehill, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of First English Civil War, which ran from 1642 to 1646. The recorded result: Inconclusive. Recorded strength: 11,000 foot; 3,000 horse; 1,000 Dragoons; 20 guns against 12,000 foot; 2,000 horse; 700 Dragoons; 30 guns.

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Battle of Edgehill, 1642
Battle of Edgehill, 1642. Jlorenz1, CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought23 October 1642
WhereEdgehill, United Kingdom52.140N, 1.484W
OutcomeInconclusive
BelligerentsEnglish RoyalistsagainstEnglish Parliamentarians
Casualties and losses500 killed; 1,500 wounded; (+1 wounded in 2026)and500 killed; 1,500 wounded
Battlefield todayBattle of Edgehill battlefieldHistoric England entry 1000009, 1,055 ha
Part ofFirst English Civil War1642 to 1646

Where it sits in First English Civil War

Siege of Hull, 1642Battle of Babylon Hill, 1642Battle of Powick Bridge, 1642Battle of Edgehill, 1642Battle of Aylesbury, 1642Siege of Reading, 1642Battle of Brentford, 1642Battle of Turnham Green, 1642Siege of Worcester, 1643Battle of Braddock Down, 1643Battle of Leeds, 1643Battle of Hopton Heath, 1643Battle of Seacroft Moor, 1643Battle of Camp Hill, 1643Battle of Stratton, 1643Capture of Wakefield, 1643Siege of Lichfield, 1643Battle of Chalgrove Field, 1643Battle of Adwalton Moor, 1643Battle of Burton Bridge, 1643Battle of Lansdowne, 1643Battle of Gainsborough, 1643Siege of Hull, 1643Siege of Gloucester, 1643Battle of Aldbourne Chase, 1643First Battle of Newbury, 1643Battle of Winceby, 1643Battle of Olney Bridge, 1643Second Battle of Middlewich, 1643Battle of Nantwich, 1644Siege of Newcastle, 1644Battle of Selby, 1644Siege of Lyme Regis, 1644Siege of Oxford, 1644Siege of Lincoln, 1644Battle of Tipton Green, 1644Battle of Lostwithiel, 1644Sieges of Taunton, 1644Relief of Montgomery Castle, 1644Second Battle of Newbury, 1644Siege of Chester, 1645Siege of Lathom House, 1645Battle of Langport, 1645Siege of Lathom House, 1645Siege of Worcester, 1646Battle of Torrington, 164616421646Battle of Edgehill, 1642
46 placed engagements of First English Civil War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date23 October 1642
PlaceEdgehill, United Kingdom
52.140N, 1.484W
KindBattle, early modern
Strength11,000 foot; 3,000 horse; 1,000 Dragoons; 20 guns12,000 foot; 2,000 horse; 700 Dragoons; 30 guns
Casualties and losses500 killed; 1,500 wounded; (+1 wounded in 2026)500 killed; 1,500 wounded
Commanders
Battle of EdgehillBattle of Edgehill5 km52.140N, 1.484W
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Combat data (CDB90)

Attacker: ENG ROY ARMYDefender: ENG PARL ARMY
Strength14,30014,870
Casualties2,500 (17.5%)2,500 (16.8%)
Mission accomplishment, 1 to 1074
Outcomeattacker won
Duration1 day
Front width3.2 km3.2 km
Attacker advanced1 km

From the US Army Concepts Analysis Agency Database of Battles (CDB90, battle 20), public domain, in the CC0 tidy edition by Jeffrey B. Arnold. Figures are the database's estimates, compiled in 1990 from published histories, and may differ from the Wikipedia infobox above.

Historic England registers this as the Battle of Edgehill battlefield (entry 1000009), 1,055 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Battle of Edgehill is one of 1,553 engagements of the 17th century in the atlas and one of 753 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1478525, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Edgehill, revision 1383622232, 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.