What the records say
- When
- 9 Jan 1646
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.58° N, 3.67° W
- Description
- 1646 English Civil War battle
Battle of Bovey Heath
Battle of the First English Civil War
The battle of Bovey Heath took place on 9 January 1646 at Bovey Tracey and Bovey Heath during the First English Civil War. A Parliamentarian cavalry detachment under the command of Oliver Cromwell surprised and routed the Lord Wentworth's Royalist camp.
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