The Battle of Olney Bridge was a skirmish that occurred on 4 November 1643 during the
First English Civil War
The First English Civil War took place in England and Wales from 1642 to 1646, and forms part of the 1639 to 1653 Wars of the Three Kingdoms. They include the Bishops' Wars, the Irish Confederate Wars, the Second English Civil War, the Anglo ...
just outside the town of
Olney,
Buckinghamshire. In the engagement,
Royalist
A royalist supports a particular monarch as head of state for a particular kingdom, or of a particular dynastic claim. In the abstract, this position is royalism. It is distinct from monarchism, which advocates a monarchical system of governm ...
forces attacked
Parliamentarian forces holding the Olney bridge, but were driven off by a counter-attack.
[Paine, Captaine George, 'A true relation of all the skirmishes between our forces and the Cavaliers at Owlny', London 1643. British Library Thomas Tracts E.76 ]
Legacy
The Olney bridge where the battle took place remains in place, along with a memorial to the dead.
References
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Battles of the English Civil Wars
1643 in England
Military history of Buckinghamshire
Conflicts in 1643
17th century in Buckinghamshire