Battles in Cheshire
7 battles fought in Cheshire (England), in date order. Every battle is on the map; click one for its official boundary (where there is one), date and history.
What battles were fought in Cheshire?
This site maps 7 battles in Cheshire, from the Battle of Chester (615) to the Battle of Warrington Bridge (1651).
How many battlefields in Cheshire are officially listed?
2 of them are on the Historic England Register of Historic Battlefields: Battle of Nantwich, Battle of Rowton Heath. Their official boundaries are drawn on each battlefield page.
The war with the most battles here is the English Civil War (2).
All battles in Cheshire
- Battle of Chester 615Anglo-Saxon settlement of England
- First Battle of Middlewich 1643English Civil War
- Second Battle of Middlewich 1643First English Civil War
- Battle of Nantwich 1644First English Civil War · officially listed battlefield
- Battle of Winnington Bridge 1644civil-wars
- Battle of Rowton Heath 1645English Civil War · officially listed battlefield
- Battle of Warrington Bridge 1651Third English Civil War
Counties: ceremonial counties in England (Yorkshire as the whole historic county), council areas in Scotland, principal areas in Wales and counties in Ireland, assigned from each battle’s map position using Natural Earth boundaries (public domain). Battles near a border may fall on the other side.