Battles in Dorset
4 battles fought in Dorset (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 Dorset?
This site maps 4 battles in Dorset, from the Battle of Babylon Hill (1642) to the Battle of Mudeford (1784).
How many battlefields in Dorset are officially listed?
None of them are on the Historic England Register of Historic Battlefields.
The war with the most battles here is the First English Civil War (2).
All battles in Dorset
- Battle of Babylon Hill 1642First English Civil War
- Siege of Lyme Regis 1644First English Civil War
- Battle of Weymouth 1645English Civil War
- Battle of Mudeford 1784later
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.