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Battle of Evesham

Battle of Evesham was a battle fought on 4 August 1265 at Evesham, in what is now United Kingdom. It was part of Second Barons' War, which ran from 1264 to 1267. The recorded result: Royal victory. Recorded strength: 10,000 against 5,000.

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Death and mutilation of Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham. Above Simon is the body of Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (1223-1265) (with arms of Despencer on his surcoat) an importan
Death and mutilation of Simon de Montfort at the Battle of Evesham. Above Simon is the body of Hugh le Despencer, 1st Baron le Despencer (1223-1265) (with arms of Despencer on his surcoat) an importan. Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Fought4 August 1265
WhereEvesham, United Kingdom52.108N, 1.946W
OutcomeRoyal victory
BelligerentsRoyal forcesagainstBaronial forces; Kingdom of Gwynedd
Casualties and lossesFewandNearly 4,000
Battlefield todayBattle of Evesham battlefieldHistoric England entry 1000010, 124 ha
Part ofSecond Barons' War1264 to 1267

Where it sits in Second Barons' War

Battle of Northampton, 1264Battle of Lewes, 1264Battle of Evesham, 1265Siege of Kenilworth, 126612641266Battle of Evesham, 1265
4 placed engagements of Second Barons' War in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date4 August 1265
PlaceEvesham, United Kingdom
52.108N, 1.946W
KindBattle, medieval
Strength10,0005,000
Casualties and lossesFewNearly 4,000
Commanders
  • Edward I
  • Gilbert de Clare, 6th Earl of Hertford
  • Humphrey de Bohun, 2nd Earl of Hereford
  • John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey
  • William de Valence, 1st Earl of Pembroke
  • Roger Mortimer, 1st Baron Mortimer of Wigmore
Battle of EveshamBattle of Evesham5 km52.108N, 1.946W
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.

The ground today

Relief of the ground around the site of Battle of Evesham
Relief within about 10.0 km of the site, contours every 10 m. Copernicus DEM GLO-30, ESA.
Satellite view of the site of Battle of Evesham today
The same ground from Sentinel-2 on 2025-06-19. Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025.

The recorded site stands at about 58 m; within 10.0 km the ground runs from 0 to 131 m, 131 m of relief, gently rolling country and today it is 41% grassland, 22% tree cover, 21% cropland.

grassland: 41%tree cover: 22%cropland: 21%built-up: 15%grassland 41%tree cover 22%cropland 21%built-up 15%
west to east, 10.0 km0 to 73 mnorth to south, 10.0 km18 to 75 m
Elevation from the Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA, Airbus); land cover from ESA WorldCover 2021 (CC BY 4.0), within about 5 km of the recorded site. Computed, not recorded.

Nearest engagements

In the same war

Elsewhere in 1265

Historic England registers this as the Battle of Evesham battlefield (entry 1000010), 124 hectares, under the Open Government Licence.

Battle of Evesham is one of 629 engagements of the 13th century in the atlas and one of 753 in present-day United Kingdom.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q1339928, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Evesham, revision 1370110145, 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.